Murdoch, Fox Face $1.6 Billion Trial Over 2020 Trump Claims (1)

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News empire is going on trial for airing false 2020 election fraud claims, even as it continues to struggle over its relationship with the man who most stoked those conspiracy theories: Donald Trump.

Fox Corp. and the Fox News network are now facing a possible $1.6 billion damages award in a defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems Inc., which was accused by hosts and guests on the conservative network of rigging the election for Joe Biden. The 92-year-old Murdoch could be called to the witness stand as early as Monday, to be ...