Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News involving false election-fraud claims is headed to a jury trial on Monday, April 17.

Tucker Carlson, Rupert Murdoch, Sean Hannity, Maria Bartiromo, and Jeanine Pirro could testify. Can Dominion Voting Systems prove Fox News acted with “actual malice” and suffered financial damages as a result?

Here’s what you need to know.

0:00 Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News over alleged defamatory on-air comments
0:40 Background on the 2020 presidential election voting and Fox’s comments
1:18 Dominion Voting Systems' argument
3:38 Fox News’ argument
5:14 What the trial will likely focus on

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