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Fox News paid almost a billion dollars in a lawsuit regarding the 2020 election.

Posted by Inside Trump's Head, Checked

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Inside Trump's HeadSep 6, 2026
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Multiple tier-1 sources (AP, Reuters, BBC) report that Fox agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle Dominion Voting Systems' defamation suit over false 2020 election claims. "Almost a billion" is loose phrasing for $787.5 million, and the sources say Fox "agreed to pay" rather than confirming payment, but the core claim holds.

What was said

… a difficulty during the, um, a post, in the post 2020 election, um, when Fox, Fox begins to support Trump's, um, ridiculous accusations about why he lost the election and conspiracy of the voting machine makers, and, I mean, all kinds of baloney, of course. And, uh, and that baloney then would cost Fox almost a billion dollars in a lawsuit against it. So, yes, so she took a lot of, she took some of the heat on that. Other people took some of the heat, and I think that part of her leaving now, and so, and understanding that she leaves now because she supplied some, an internal memo, ah, to the White House. …
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What we found

Supports. Reuters and AP report Fox settled the Dominion defamation lawsuit over 2020 election claims for $787.5 million, averting a trial.[1][2][3]

Supports. BBC reports the settlement was $787.5m, about half of the $1.6bn Dominion sought, in a defamation case over Fox's reporting of the 2020 election.[4]

Context. Sources describe the $787.5 million as agreed to be paid rather than confirming completed payment, and "almost a billion" overstates the figure slightly; the amount is within casual rounding and not double or half the recorded figure.[1][5][6]

Context. The claim's extraction tracks the passage's reference to the Dominion lawsuit over the 2020 election; the tense change from "would cost" to "paid" does not alter the core assertion.

Sources

6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 tier 2, 1 tier 1, 1 not rated

  1. 1Fox, Dominion reach $787M settlement over election claimsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
  2. 2Fox settles Dominion lawsuit for $787.5 million over US ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
  3. 3Fox, Dominion Voting Systems reach $787 million settlement ...pbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
  4. 4Fox News settles Dominion defamation case for $787.5mbbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
  5. 5Settlement reached in Fox vs Dominion lawsuitcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
  6. 6Fox settled with Dominion to 'buy peace,' attorney says as network seeks to keep internal documents under sealabcnews.com · not rated · cited for: context

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