"Stunning proof": Legal experts say Rupert Murdoch deposition admission is “absolutely devastating”

Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch admitted in a deposition that some Fox News hosts "endorsed" false election conspiracy theories but he chose not to stop them, according to unsealed court documents in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network.

"They endorsed," Murdoch said in the deposition in response to questions about hosts Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, Lou Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo.

Asked whether he told the network's top stars to stop promoting false claims that the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, Murdoch acknowledged, "I could have. But I didn't."

At one point in the deposition, Murdoch said he declined to tell the network to stop airing ads from MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, an avid election conspiracy theorist. The filing showed that Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott sent Lindell a personal note and gift while encouraging hosts to book him as a guest to "get ratings."