The trial of a $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News over its reports that a voting machine maker rigged the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump got back underway after a one-day delay for last-ditch settlement talks.
Jury selection, which started last week, resumed Tuesday and is expected to wrap up later in the morning, followed by opening arguments and potentially a witness. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis said in court that he plans to keep the trial at six weeks.
The list of high-profile witnesses in the case, brought in March 2021 by Dominion Voting Systems Inc., is topped by News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch. Dominion accuses the 92-year-old media titan of willfully ignoring the obvious falsity of the conspiracy theory his network was rapidly spreading so he could keep Trump fans from changing channels to competitors like Newsmax.
