Fox News Hosts, Executives Raised Concerns About 2020 Election-Fraud Claims Made on the Air, Filing Shows

Top Fox News anchors and executives privately raised concerns about false claims of voter fraud made on the air by network hosts and guests following the 2020 presidential election, according to a court filing made public Thursday. 

The communications, which included text messages and depositions, appeared in a motion for summary judgment by voting-machine company Dominion Voting Systems, which is suing Fox News and Fox Corp for what it alleges were defamatory on-air comments about its products in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s defeat to President Joe Biden. It is seeking $1.6 billion in damages.

The case primarily centers on false theories pushed on Fox programs by associates of former President Donald Trump, including Sidney Powell and Rudolph Giuliani that Dominion’s systems contributed to throwing the election for Mr. Biden.