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At least we can be sure that Newsom won’t take a settlement. Going to trial will be good for his presidential campaign. 

 

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/gavin-newsoms-fox-news-defamation-lawsuit-moves-forward
 
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) won an initial round Thursday in his $787 million defamation case over Fox News coverage of a phone call he had with President Donald Trump last year about protests in Los Angeles.

 

Judge Sean P. Lugg let the lawsuit advance in Delaware’s Superior Court, calling it “reasonably conceivable” the conservative news network knowingly aired false statements when it reported that Newsom had “lied” about the phone exchange. Newsom, an aggressive Trump foil and likely 2028 presidential candidate, alleged in his court complaint that Fox deliberately mischaracterized his descriptions of the call.

 

Lugg’s decision, denying a bid to dismiss the case, rejected a range of defenses offered by Fox, including its attempt to invoke First Amendment protections. Newsom’s allegations have enough preliminary merit to move forward “even when viewed through the more discerning lens” covering defamation claims by public officials, the judge said in a 43-page ruling.

 

Newsom responded to the decision late Thursday in a social media post on X.

 

“Looking forward to discovery,” the governor wrote, a reference to the costly and cumbersome litigation stage that typically follows an unsuccessful motion to dismiss. The discovery process—which involves document exchanges and witness depositions—can sometimes surface embarrassing information, as it did in a previous high-profile defamation case against Fox.

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21 hours ago, IsntLifeFunny said:

I'm hoping someone comes forward besides Newsome. I also hope he takes that case to discovery and opens up the internal workings of Fox. 

I was just going to say this….  I’m really hoping we don’t end up with this dude as nominee

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