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How six hours of court theatre delivered the Fox settlement
While some 60 reporters sat in silence inside the courtroom, a high stakes deal was being hammered out behind closed doors between Fox and Dominion lawyers.
Matthew CranstonUnited States correspondentWilmington, Delaware | When Judge Eric Davis walked into his courtroom at 9am on Tuesday (11pm AEST), there was a sense that a multimillion-dollar settlement between Fox and voting machine maker Dominion was still in the wings.
The 12-person jury had been decided for the landmark defamation trial set to start, and the courtroom was jam-packed. Both Fox and Dominion Voting Systems had been instructed to give opening statements.
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