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NBC News reports:
Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis on Wednesday sanctioned Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corp., for withholding evidence in the Dominion defamation suit, and said he’s considering further investigation and censure.
According to a person present in the courtroom, lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems played recordings Fox News producer Abby Grossberg made during 2020, which were not handed over to Dominion’s lawyers during discovery.
The sanction gives Dominion a chance to conduct another deposition, at Fox’s expense. In an amended filing Tuesday, she said she had recorded conversations with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and others.
CNN reports:
The judge overseeing Dominion Voting Systems’ massive defamation case against Fox News said Wednesday that he plans to appoint an outside attorney to investigate whether the right-wing network lied to the court to withhold key evidence, after repeatedly expressing exasperation and frustration with Fox’s attorneys.
“I am very concerned… that there have been misrepresentations to the court. This is very serious,” Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis said Wednesday at a pretrial hearing in Wilmington.
The extraordinary move, on the brink of the trial starting next week, is the latest blow to Fox News as it tries to fend off the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit that Dominion filed in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.
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The judge overseeing Dominion’s lawsuit chastised Fox’s lawyers today, saying he plans to appoint a special master to investigate whether the network withheld evidence during discovery and misled about Rupert’s role at the network.https://t.co/xz6unl6FXF
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) April 12, 2023
With trial set to start in a few days Delaware Superior Ct Judge Eric Davis sanctioned Fox News & its parent company, Fox Corp., for withholding evidence in the Dominion defamation suit & said he’s considering further investigation & censure.
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) April 12, 2023
Yep: Fox seems to have WITHHELD tapes of Giuliani saying he couldn't prove there was anything askew with Dominion machines: https://t.co/E6seOqGevq pic.twitter.com/97H5EBsrtO
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) April 12, 2023