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Martin Pengelly in New York

Fox News says Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity will testify at defamation trial

Tucker Carlson hosts Tucker Carlson Tonight.
The Fox News host Tucker Carlson has been named among witnesses that will be made available at the defamation trial with Dominion Voting Systems. Photograph: Richard Drew/AP

Fox News has named the prime-time hosts Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity among witnesses it intends to make available at trial as it defends a $1.6bn defamation suit from Dominion Voting Systems, over the broadcast of Donald Trump’s lie about election fraud in his 2020 defeat by Joe Biden.

In a Tuesday letter to the Delaware judge in the case, Eric M Davis, attorneys for Fox News and Fox Corporation said they also intended to make available hosts and executives including Suzanne Scott, the Fox News chief executive, and the hosts Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro.

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