Reuters reports:
When deliberating whether to settle its defamation lawsuit against Fox for $787.5 million in April, the CEO of Dominion Voting Systems and his partner saw the figure as “a very big price to put on truth and journalism and probably not a bad precedent,” Dominion head John Poulos said Wednesday.
Poulos, Dominion’s co-founder and chief executive, spoke about his experience settling the historic lawsuit during an interview at the Sir Harry Evans Global Summit in Investigative Journalism in London.
Recalling the April 18 settlement, Poulos said he was instructed to go into a separate room, where his lawyer slid across the table a piece of paper with a number on it, “yes or no.” By the time Poulos left the courtroom, the money had been wired.
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Recalling the April 18 settlement, which occurred prior to opening statements …, Poulos said he was instructed to go into a separate room, where his lawyer slid across the table a piece of paper with a number on it, “yes or no.” https://t.co/qPnXRyEaCx
— Bruno J. Navarro (@Bruno_J_Navarro) May 10, 2023
“I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when they approved that wire.”
A fascinating insight @sirharrysummit from John Poulos, CEO Dominion Voting Systems, when Fox wired their settlement to his company.
Watch: https://t.co/p7T7tiC3jN#sirharrysummit pic.twitter.com/A8odOC34hR
— Tortoise (@tortoise) May 10, 2023