"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.

In Deposition, Rupert Murdoch Says Fox News Hosts Endorsed False 2020 Election Claims

Rupert Murdoch said some Fox News hosts and commentators endorsed the false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen, according to testimony in an ongoing defamation lawsuit. 

Voting-machine company Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News and Fox Corp. FOX for defamation, over false on-air claims that its technology enabled widespread fraud in the election. The new details emerged in briefs in which the companies laid out evidence they plan to present to a Delaware state court.

Trump rages at Rupert Murdoch for 'throwing his Fox anchors under the table' by saying they 'endorsed' stolen election lies'

Donald Trump flew into a rage at Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday morning for admitting in a deposition that Fox anchors 'endorsed' election fraud 'lies'.

The former president accused the billionaire media magnate of 'throwing his anchors under the table' over his comments in sworn testimony as part of Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion lawsuit.

In his comments on Truth Social, Trump claimed Murdoch is 'killing his case' and 'infuriating his viewers' who will be 'again leaving in droves'. 

Did Trump Tell Supporters to Storm US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021?

On Jan. 6, 2021, American right-wing extremists breached security perimeters at the U.S. Capitol, forcing the building into a lockdown and halting a ceremonial vote to affirm Joe Biden’s presidential victory over Donald Trump.

News reports said one woman was shot and critically injured, and National Guard members were preparing to monitor the perimeter of the building, as of this report. (See our live blog of all misinformation related to the event here.)

Did Pennsylvania Record 205,000 More Votes Than Voters?

Among the copious false claims about election fraud that U.S. President Donald Trump made after losing the 2020 presidential election to challenger Joe Biden was the assertion that the state of Pennsylvania had found they recorded “205,000 votes more than they had voters.”

The apparent source of the misinformation amplified by Trump was a news release issued by Pennsylvania State Rep. Frank Ryan on Dec. 28, maintaining that a comparison of “county election results to the total number of voters who voted” in Pennsylvania revealed a discrepancy of over 203,000 ballots:

Will the Supreme Court Hear the Texas Case if the State Files It Differently?

On December 11, the Supreme Court rejected a Texas lawsuit that challenged Joe Biden’s victory in four battleground states. A widely shared social media post, which shows a screenshot of a tweet, however, is claiming the following: “Texas and/or other states can re-file their cases against WI MI PA GA with the correct terms as ‘motion to file the bill of complaint’, and their cases will be heard by SCOTUS.”

The claim that if Texas refiles the lawsuit as a “motion to file the bill of complaint” the Supreme Court will hear the case, is false.

Video Doesn’t Show ‘Suitcases’ of Illegal Ballots in Georgia

The Trump campaign is falsely claiming that surveillance camera footage captured election workers in Georgia adding thousands of illegal ballots that were brought into an Atlanta facility in suspicious “suitcases” on election night.

The campaign presented the video to Georgia state lawmakers on Dec. 3. President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, wrote on Twitter the same day: “The video tape doesn’t lie. Fulton County Democrats stole the election. It’s now beyond doubt.” Trump himself later amplified the claim at a rally in Georgia on Dec. 5.