Fox News And Ex-Host Lou Dobbs Settle Lawsuit

Bloomberg News reports:

Fox News and former on-air host Lou Dobbs settled defamation claims by a Venezuelan businessman falsely accused on-air of being a central player in an effort to rig the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump. Fox’s confidential accord with Majed Khalil was revealed in a brief letter Saturday to US District Judge Louis Stanton in Manhattan, who last year denied the network’s request to dismiss the lawsuit.

According to his lawsuit, Dobbs and Fox stated on air and on Twitter that Khalil was the “COO of the election project” in which Venezuelan government officials conspired with Dominion and a competing voting machine company, Smartmatic Corp., to ensure Trump lost to Joe Biden. They also claimed Khalil was “a liaison with Hezbollah” who “executed an electoral 9-11” and a “cyber Pearl Harbor,” according to the suit.

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Fox News and former on-air host Lou Dobbs settled defamation claims by a Venezuelan businessman falsely accused on-air of being a central player in an effort to rig the 2020 presidential election https://t.co/GfuEyG3IR7

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