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- Rupert Murdoch conceded in a deposition that Fox News hosts pushed falsehoods about the 2020 election.
- Fox Corporation, which Murdoch leads, argues it isn't liable in Dominion's lawsuit anyway.
- Messages obtained by Dominion show how Murdoch sought to appease Trump — until January 6.
Rupert Murdoch admitted that individual Fox News hosts endorsed the falsehood that the 2020 election was "stolen" from Donald Trump, according to deposition excerpts included in a new court filing from Dominion Voting Systems.
In the Monday filing, it shows that Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corporation, was asked whether hosts Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Lou Dobbs, and Sean Hannity endorsed "this false notion of a stolen election." Murdoch answered in the affirmative.