Fox News has to reject the defamation trial of $ 787 million from Gavin Newsom against Jesse Watters
Fox News filed a request to obtain the defamation trial of $ 787 million from the Governor of California Gavin Newsom against the host Jesse Watters rejected, learned Thewrap.
Tuesday, on behalf of Watters, Fox News submitted a request for the rejection of the prosecution of Newsom, which Newsom posted in June as a legal response to the allegedly asserted broadcaster that the politician had never had a telephone conversation with President Donald Trump concerning the current ice raids in Los Angeles and the subsequent deployment by the President of the National Guard.
By the journalist of Washington Post, Jeremy Barr, the press organization described the decision of the governor as “political blow”, adding that the prosecution should be rejected because it was supposed to be filed in poor condition, Delaware.
“”[Gavin] Newsom cannot create ripe conditions for confusion or misinterpretation, then require a ransom of $ 787 million from a press organization taking its words at its nominal value, “said the network in the file according to Barr’s reports.
“The tone and content of the complaint of Newsom and its conduct emphasize that the aim of this trial is to create a press show and harass the news of Fox, not to remedy legitimate reputation damage,” reports Barr.
The Governor of California responded to the request by calling for the desperate and accused deposit Fox News of remaining “determined to distort the truth”.
“Fox’s motion reveals their despair and that they remain determined to distort the truth in the name of Donald Trump,” shared Newsom in a statement with Thewrap concerning the request in dismissal. “They should face consequences – just as they did in the Dominion case. As long as Fox is ready to be true, I will continue to fight against their propaganda machine. We will see them in court.”
According to Newsom’s trial, as Thewrap reported, Newsom said that he had spoken to the president last time on June 7 for about 16 minutes; The call one day came after President Trump sent 2,000 troops from the National Guard to Los Angeles to counter the demonstrators in the midst of the anti-gloss demonstrations that occurred in the city.
Later, on June 10, Trump said he spoke to Newsom “one day”, against whom Newsom had pushed. Watters then asked the antenna: “Why would Newsom lie and claim that Trump never called him?” While displaying a screenshot of Trump’s call on June 7 with Newsom on the screen, which had been obtained by Fox News journalist John Roberts.
This decision, according to Newsom lawyers, corresponds to the legal standard of defamation. His trial, submitted to the Superior Court of Delaware, the same state in which Fox News is incorporated, said that the diffusion had injured his position in the eyes of voters, which could cost him future elections. Watters’ reports have also violated the California unfair competition law, which prohibits “unfair, misleading, false or misleading” or advertising business practices.
“Governor Newsom’s transparent advertising is frivolous and designed to cool the freedom of critical expression towards him,” a spokesperson for Fox News said in a statement at the time. “We will vigorously defend this case and we are impatiently awaiting that it will be rejected.”
A person familiar with the Newsom trial declared that he was pursuing legal action on a personal basis and that his office was not involved.
In a letter sent to Fox News at the time, Newsom’s lawyers, Mark Bankson and Michael Teter, declined President Trump as a “quasi-shelter with a story of delusional public statements and unleashed end of evening social hats” which could easily confuse his dates. “But Fox’s decision to hide President Trump’s mistake cannot be so easily rejected.”
