The claim
Dominion Voting Systems stole the 2020 presidential election by switching and deleting votes.
Made in: Fox News broadcasts and on-air segments after the 2020 election
The proof
Fox settled Dominion’s defamation suit for $787.5 million — the largest known defamation settlement in U.S. history — and the settlement statement acknowledged “the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion Voting Systems to be false.” Discovery had shown hosts and executives privately doubted the claims they aired.
The record
Dominion Voting Systems Corp. v. Fox News Network, LLC — Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County · No. N21C-11-139 AML CCLD
Outcome: $787.5 million settlement (April 18, 2023) with public acknowledgment that court rulings found the Dominion claims false
The case settled for money, and the settlement text itself acknowledges the underlying claims as false. Stronger than an ordinary settlement; we do not count no-admission payouts alone.
Most defamation settlements admit nothing. This one was built around judicial rulings on falsity and carried a public acknowledgment — which is why it is in the ledger.