Rupert Murdoch Will Be Deposed Next Week in Voting Machine Suit

Rupert Murdoch will be deposed next week as part of Dominion Voting Systems Inc.’s $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News over the media company’s reports on a conspiracy theory about the 2020 presidential election.

Dominion has been gathering evidence and testimony to help prove its allegation that Fox News recklessly aired claims that the voting-machine company rigged the election by flipping millions of votes away from former President Donald Trump, who continues to echo the conspiracy theory.

Murdoch, 91, will answer questions under oath by via video conference on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14, according to a ...