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Fox News to pay $787.5 million to Dominion in defamation case settlement

Jubilant Dominion Voting Systems lawyers Davida Brook (from left), Justin Nelson and Stephen Shackelford exit the New Castle County Courthouse in Wilmington, Del., after their client’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News was settled. (AP Photos)

WILMINGTON, Del. — Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787 million settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by promoting lies about the 2020 presidential election.

“The truth matters. Lies have consequences,” Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson said in a news conference outside the courthouse after a judge announced the deal.

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