Topline A new tranche of court filings was unsealed late Tuesday in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News over fraud claims involving its machines after the 2020 election, expanding on previous documents in the case with more comments from high-ranking Fox News personalities and executives casting doubt on the fraud theory even as they pushed it on air. Fox News host Tucker Carlson speaks during the 2022 FOX Nation Patriot Awards on November 17, 2022 … [+] in Hollywood, Florida. Getty Images Key Facts The court filings contain dozens of exhibits with text messages, emails and other information gathered from Fox employees ahead of an anticipated trial in April, as Dominion accuses Fox News of pushing the fraud theories involving its machines on-air despite knowing they were false. In a text message sent on November 17, 2020, anchor Tucker Carlson said “Sidney Powll is lying,” referring to the far-right attorney who primarily spread the Dominion fraud claims, calling her a “f–cking b–tch.” Carlson, who’s now drawing scrutiny for downplaying January 6 and continuing to sow doubt in the 2020 election, also told his staff about Trump, “I hate him passionately,” and said in a January 2021 text message, “We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights … I truly can’t wait.” “What he’s good at is destroying things … He’s the undisputed world champion of that,” Carlson added about Trump in a text message sent in January 2021, after the unknown person he… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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‘Sidney Powell Is Lying’: New Fox News Dominion Documents Show Tucker Carlson, Murdoch And More Disputing 2020 Election Fraud—Here Are Their Wildest Comments
