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Lied or deliberately broadcast things that it knew to be probably false and it can prove that by clear and convincing evidence, then that speech is not protected by the first amendment, and that is well settled law. >> lee, the fact that dominion was very early on and repeatedly sending emails to every producer, every on air person, executives at fox news with facts counterbalancing what they were actually reporting on the air, how significant is that? >> its enormously significant. i was struck...

In them dominion accuses fox to, quote, license to knowingly spread lies and claiming the lawsuit is unprecedented assault on the first amendment. with me here tonight, oliver darcy. jeffrey sonnenfeld from yale university. lee levin has represented both fox and cnn and other media companies. what are you learning, oliver, from the latest files? >> these are the last basically legal filings that we expect, last major ones, before a judge rules on motions for summary judgment, which is basically ...

In -- no. you never believed they were involved in an effort to delegitimize and destroy votes for donald trump, correct? he says, im open to persuasion, but, no ive never seen it. >> dominion is seeking a summary judgment. what would that mean and what is foxs response? >> dominion wants the judge to rule on this. foxs response has been obviously against this motion and so were going to see what happens later this month when the judge does rule on this. i think most legal experts would say that...

January 6th, that the capitol police force in particular was just disgusted with that assertion from tucker carlson. and what i heard from this investigators that one of the reasons why the january 6th committee never showed video of officer sicknick, was because they werent sure who it was. and so who he was in the surveillance video -- and so the idea that tucker carlson is now saying, with confidence, oh, this is him -- we should not take that at face value. because the people who were involv...

-- plaintiffs -- for summary judgment. i think theres very well could be a trial here and tucker could be on the stand. and i will tell you, theres nothing that jurors are going to like less and someone who is totally unapologetic and unrepentant. and they will be very difficult for tucker to explain after all of this time with those text messages how he is still peddling the same falsehoods and the same lies. i think its going to be an issue for him. but -- dont care. thats their business model...

Massive effort to steal the -- youve never believed that dominion was involved in an effort to delegitimized and destroy the 2020 election for donald trump? >> im open to persuasion, but no, ive never seen it. >> the dominion is taking a summary judgment. what would that mean and whats foxs response? >> the dominion wants the judge to rule on this. foxs response has been, obviously, against this motion. were going to see what happens later this month when the judge does rule in this. i think mos...

There is rarely any direct evidence of that. what is interesting about this case right now, keeping in mind that judge davis already denied a motion to dismiss. i think the legal issues will remain the same. we are dealing with summary judgment. is there dispute in material fact. and rarely do you see this much clear indication that a broadcaster, a writer, was disclosing their state of mind. directly disclosing it. i dont believe this. then you have a report thats to the contrary. fascinating. ...

Correct? bartiromo responds i dont know who this person is, question. its nonsense, correct? bartiromo, yes, it looks that way. what follows that exchange is several heavily redacted pages leading to more questions than answers about what bartiromo says under oath. joining us is someone we continue to turn to, a law professor at the university of utah, a first amendment scholar as well. jeremys still here. what do you see in these new disclosures and what are your theories about what remains red...

Assessment or with tucker carlsons assessment, instead criticized cnn and didnt answer the question. wolf? >> manu raju reporting from capitol hill, thank you very much. lets bring in gloria borger and elliott williams and norm eisen. norm, lets begin with the latest filing from dominion, which you have gone through. what stands out to you? >> well, the most important top line out of this filing is, fox is not attempting to defend the truth of these defamatory statements, in my view, about domin...

The United States Association of Reptile Keepers Florida (USARK FL) has filed a Motion for Summary Judgment in their lawsuit against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) in case number 2021-CA-977 in Leon County Circuit Court.