More details came out from court filings revealed Thursday in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Some of the latest details surround what Fox News hosts thought about Sidney Powell, a lawyer who represented former President Donald Trump in legal challenges to the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Powell’s claims that Dominion had changed votes in the election aired on Fox News. The network also had her on as a guest.
According to the filings, Tucker Carlson said “Sidney Powell is lying” about having evidence for election fraud, calling her an “unguided missile” and “dangerous as hell.”
Laura Ingraham called Powell “a complete nut.”
“That whole narrative that Sidney was pushing, I did not believe it for one second,” Sean Hannity said in a deposition.
Dominion is arguing that Fox provided a platform for guests, including Powell, to make false and defamatory statements against Dominion. In its counter-claim filed Thursday, Fox argued the lawsuit is an assault on the First Amendment and that Carlson repeatedly questioned Powell’s claims in his broadcasts.
