hi, everyone i know that we say this a lot these days but buckle up it s 4:00 in new york. we re following breaking news on that monster $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against fox news just a little bit ago we received word of a bombshell of a plot twist during what was supposed to be the last pretrial hearing before jury selection begins. here s that headline the judge has sanctioned fox news and its parent company, fox corp, for withholding evidence in the dominion defamation suit and said he is considering further investigation and censure. he is considering appointing a special master to investigate the fox local team s actions now, the breaking point today appears to be surprise evidence that was introduced in court today when this happened, quote, lawyers for dominion voting systems played recordings that fox news producer abby grossberg made during 2020, which were not handed over to dominion s lawyers during discovery we have a team of experts and friends to help us
how do you know that all the other fox witnesses who are still on team fox aren t hiding damaging recordings of rudy admitting there s no there there with the allegations that s a really important point. but for abbey coming forward and fighting jesus, she figured out that she got her own counsel, she s now made claims she was unduly prejudiced and pressured to be coached in terms of her deposition testimony that is why judge eric davis who is overseeing this, he is saying, i may appoint a special master at this point in time to see how prejudice d d dominion. what else is there what does that mean? you could get deeper into i will call it the bowels of fox corporation. this good faith litigation
background when you are preparing a jury trial, there s a trial order that sets forth deadlines and cutoffs for things like discovery. when you are litigating in good faith, if somebody turns something over absent evidence that something else might exist, you believe that they have turned over this information in good faith discovery cutoffs, they are far enough in advance of a trial date so you can be prepared for anything and everything that comes your way there s no, quote, trial by ambush in any jurisdiction across the united states in this particular instance, to have recordings, which i think are more than damning in this case, email correspondence and other evidence that was not timely disclosed, from what we understand, dominion s lawyers are getting these things in terms of evidence from fox turned over a week before trial is supposed to begin, it creates a serious quagmire for dominion. the judge we will force fox to
was the incoming president and his clear acknowledgement sean hannity had a problem quitting him and they should do joint statement, which i don t think they have done for anything, acknowledging the election was over and that joe biden had won, not trump. george, how is that evidence further how does it further dominion s case that fox news the election was fine, that there was no fraud, that the voting machines hadn t malfunctioned in any shape or form, and that they were in receipt of over 2,000 communications from dominion before, during and after all their segments broadcasting the lies how does that get presented to a jury i think it s critical but i think in all the things you just mentioned, that involve murdoch, the most incriminating probably is the fact that he said he could have done something about it or he should have done something about it it seems to me that places him
turn maria over in terms of making herself available we will make fox cover the afees and costs that come from doing it at the last minute. do you delay going to trial next week after all of this trial prep, or do you bite the bullet and move forward it s a critical problem as well for fox s lawyers. the judge saying that, omission is a lie he has a problem with the lawyers for fox. not only is there a trial readiness consideration on dominion s side. if you are fox news, you are looking at the fact that you have lawyers representing you going into a jury trial when a judge doesn t believe they are credible on both sides, they have a lot to consider. maybe it includes a settlement the only reason this tape was revealed is because one of the witnesses who was previously a fox witness is now suing fox she s a dominion now