DE - Dominion Voting Systems vs. Fox News, $1.6B Defamation Trial for 2020 election lies, 17 Apr 2023 *Settled $787m* + add’l trials

[legalmomma]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648310325584732160

 

[legalmomma]

I'm getting no audio on the court # given above: (774) 258-6500. I guess I will follow on Twitter, This guy set up a list

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648310699477684225

 

[Niner]

I'm getting no audio on the court # given above: (774) 258-6500. I guess I will follow on Twitter, This guy set up a list

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648310699477684225

Will you be posting the tweets from this guy? Or just random ones?

I can pick one from the list - and do some tweets also - if someone gives me a name to follow!

 

[TootsieFootsie]

@Niner

You're a Legend!

 

[Niner]

Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
·
1h
Attorneys have arrived. Dozens of media members are seated in courtroom and overflow room.

Jury selection process is about to resume

Looks like we're in this now

Jury selection process is about to resume

There will be *objections* from attorneys to some of the slides that are planned to be exhibited during opening statements today. Likely ahead of the statements.

Nevertheless, we're underway with the completion of jury selection

link: https://twitter.com/brianstelter?re...2020-election-lies-17-apr-2023.672547/page-10


ErikWemple
@ErikWemple
I am here in Wilmington, Del., for the start of the trial in Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News. The courtroom has filled up with reporters, and there's an overflow courtroom with audio and video links due to the extensive interest from the media. 1/

The advantage of the main courtroom is that you can see everything that's happening, including the jury. But you can't tweet or otherwise connect to the Internet, though you *can* take notes on your computer. 2/

There's a glorious clatter that takes place in the courtroom when something dramatic is happening: All the journos furiously attempt to type up the proceedings. But it's not so glorious for the court: Judge Eric Davis just asked reporters to type lightly. 3/

In addressing the computer noise, he said that the assembled reporters could be sending a "message" to the jury. I don't think he was suggesting that the jury could decode the text, just that the roar of keyboards could clue in the jury that something newsworthy was afoot. 4/

Judge Davis also issued a stern warning about his courtroom rules, including the prohibition on photographs. He said, "My understanding is they’ve moved somebody." 5/

True: Caley Cronin, a PR rep for Fox News, was summoned from Davis's courtroom and directed to the overflow room for having taken a photograph in the courtroom before the day's proceedings. 6/

link:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648318864948600834

I shall go ahead & follow this guy - Erik.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Murdoch’s son drops lawsuit against news site after Fox News Dominion payout

Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other big names have all avoided being called to testify over 2020 election lies

www.independent.co.uk

Dominion’s 7,000 trial exhibits​

The six-week trial will feature voluminous amounts of evidence, as shown by Dominion’s updated exhibit list.

Scott MacFarlane of CBS News reports that Dominion’s newly filed exhibit list contains more than 7,000 items.

New additions to the exhibit list include dozens of Rupert Murdoch’s private emails, and text messages sent between the Fox Corporation chair and Sean Hannity.

There are also transcripts of Fox News shows, and emailed death threats received by Dominion.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648321927658733578

 

[Niner]

Jeremy Barr
@jeremymbarr
·
5m
News: The jury of 12 has been picked in the Fox/Dominion case! Now they are working to find 12 alternatives...

The judge has already asked the reporters in the room to stop typing so loud and to definitely not take any video of what is happening. Very reasonable.


Scott MacFarlane
@MacFarlaneNews
·
6m
Replying to
@MacFarlaneNews
Judge: "We have the 12"

Standby for alternates....

Yes.. they're selecting *12 alternate jurors*

Process is moving at a decent clip.

link: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1648009623746519068



I am at the reporters list tweet site - so there are quite a few tweeting on there & I am posting them all up...

 

[JerseyGirl]

Already….

Judge removes Fox PR rep for taking photo inside court​

Judge Davis has reportedly removed Fox News’ senior vice president of media relations Caley Cronin from the courtroom for taking a photo.
According to the Washington Post’s Erik Wemple, Ms Cronin was “summoned from Davis’s courtroom and directed to the overflow room for having taken a photograph in the courtroom before the day’s proceedings”.

The judge last week banned audio and video recordings during the trial.

The Independent has contacted Ms Cronin for comment.

Murdoch’s son drops lawsuit against news site after Fox News Dominion payout

Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other big names have all avoided being called to testify over 2020 election lies

www.independent.co.uk

 

[JerseyGirl]

Fox has to just sit there and take it’​

Judge Davis has issued an order that all of Fox’s statements about the 2020 election were false, according to former US attorney and legal analyst Harry Litman.

“The judge has ruled, and will instruct the jury, that all of Fox’s statements were false. But Dominion still has the right to make its case. So they are going to present the statements, from their first opening, in all their lurid detail. Fox has to just sit there and take it.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648318064428191744

Murdoch’s son drops lawsuit against news site after Fox News Dominion payout

Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other big names have all avoided being called to testify over 2020 election lies

www.independent.co.uk

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Judge removes Fox PR rep for taking photo inside court

Tsk Tsk, naughty...

 

[Betty P]

Already….

Judge removes Fox PR rep for taking photo inside court​

Judge Davis has reportedly removed Fox News’ senior vice president of media relations Caley Cronin from the courtroom for taking a photo.
According to the Washington Post’s Erik Wemple, Ms Cronin was “summoned from Davis’s courtroom and directed to the overflow room for having taken a photograph in the courtroom before the day’s proceedings”.

The judge last week banned audio and video recordings during the trial.

The Independent has contacted Ms Cronin for comment.

Murdoch’s son drops lawsuit against news site after Fox News Dominion payout

Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other big names have all avoided being called to testify over 2020 election lies

www.independent.co.uk

Did he just forget or do these people think rules and laws don't apply to them. Probably the latter.

 

[Betty P]

Fox has to just sit there and take it’​

Judge Davis has issued an order that all of Fox’s statements about the 2020 election were false, according to former US attorney and legal analyst Harry Litman.

“The judge has ruled, and will instruct the jury, that all of Fox’s statements were false. But Dominion still has the right to make its case. So they are going to present the statements, from their first opening, in all their lurid detail. Fox has to just sit there and take it.”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648318064428191744

Murdoch’s son drops lawsuit against news site after Fox News Dominion payout

Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other big names have all avoided being called to testify over 2020 election lies

www.independent.co.uk

JMO, aside from the schadenfreude of watching this, nothing will change. The federal government stopped regulating most public media back in the early 90's when they allowed cable tv to not be considered public domain. The airwaves (radio, tv, etc.) were considered public and subject to licensing and regulation. News stations reporting so much harmful and false information would have their license pulled and reviewed. Now, only wealthy companies who have the funds can sue for slander.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Jury selection nearing completion​

We’re at four alternates, so eight more to go, then there will be a recess, and the judge will likely sort out some issues with slides that Dominion wants to use and that Fox has objected to.

The room where Judge Davis is presiding fits about 200 people in several rows of long benches. It’s currently packed.

Attorneys for Fox are seated on the judge’s left, and lawyers for Dominion are on the right, roughly 10 feet from the jury.

Next door to that courtroom is a smaller courtroom being used for media overflow.
There about two dozen reporters here, some sitting at desks where attorneys would otherwise be, or in a stand where jurors typically sit.

We have some limited audio from the jury selection, but we’ll have a video and audio feed when the trial starts.

The court is protecting the jurors’ anonymity, and only referring to them by numbers. The judge has previously expressed concern about people trying to contact them given the high-profile nature of the case.

Judge Davis is giving some instructions to the jury, so we’re nearly there.

Murdoch’s son drops lawsuit against news site after Fox News Dominion payout

Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other big names have all avoided being called to testify over 2020 election lies

www.independent.co.uk

 

[MrsWatson]

The Guardian Live Blog

Dominion lawyer says ‘lies have consequences’ as Fox settles defamation suit for $787.5m – as it happened

Settlement comes just as opening statements were to begin in trial

www.theguardian.com

 

[JerseyGirl]

Judge Davis delivers instructions to jurors​

Judge Davis is stressing that all instructions to the jury are important, whether it’s something he said once or mentioned “seven times”.
He said the most difficult thing for the jury to do is to “fight human nature”: Until the trial has wrapped, “you have to refrain from talking about the case with your fellow jurors and any other third party.”

Avoid social media and the internet, don’t do any “independent research” and don’t let others talk about the case in front of you, Judge Davis said.

“Limit yourself to what is in the courtroom,” he said.

The judge has left the courtroom, and there will be a brief break before opening arguments begin.

Murdoch’s son drops lawsuit against news site after Fox News Dominion payout

Rupert Murdoch, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and other big names have all avoided being called to testify over 2020 election lies

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

Sorry everyone. Had a busy day lined up at work and didn't want to miss it to try and wade through an overflow room of reporters.

 

[Stunned]

Did he just forget or do these people think rules and laws don't apply to them. Probably the latter.

Well that judge will certainly be hearing from #45s twitter soon!

 

[JerseyGirl]

Opening arguments to begin at about 1pm​

So now we’re at lunch break for about an hour, then opening arguments will begin.

 

[anneg]

Opening arguments to begin at about 1pm​

So now we’re at lunch break for about an hour, then opening arguments will begin.

NYT reports that court will resume at 1:30 pm or so. I wish we could watch opening statements.

 

[Smelly Squirrel]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648361689253924864