A political screen is posted on the outside the house of the Fox Information headquarters on 6th Avenue in New York July 21, 2020.
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WILMINGTON, Del. — Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit from Fox News has been delayed on the eve of its scheduled commence day, an formal for the court explained Sunday.
The conclusion of the jury range process and the start of opening statements, which have been set for Monday morning, have been pushed to Tuesday morning at 9 a.m. ET, according to a statement from Delaware Exceptional Courtroom.
Spokespeople for Fox and Dominion did not right away present statements when requested for comment right after the hold off was announced Sunday night.
Dominion, which sells voting devices and election program, claimed it was defamed by Fox Corp. and its cable Television networks following Fox aired phony claims that the organization had rigged the 2020 election against previous President Donald Trump.
Fox has argued that Dominion has not met the authorized common for defamation, and that the statements produced about Dominion on its air had been safeguarded by the Initially Amendment.
The Wall Street Journal documented before Sunday that Fox has designed a very last-minute push to settle the lawsuit out of court.
Most defamation cases settle out of court docket. But as recently as Saturday, the chance of Dominion and Fox avoiding demo seemed as unlikely as ever. “In the coming months, we will demonstrate Fox distribute lies causing monumental damage to Dominion. We appear ahead to demo,” a Dominion spokesman explained to CNBC on Saturday early morning.
Choose Eric Davis, who is presiding above the scenario, mentioned in a assertion from the court docket that he will formally announce the delay from his courtroom on Monday at 9 a.m. ET.
