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Judge admonishes Fox lawyers over evidence gap in libel case

Continued from Front email, but apparently dis-
cussed its contents with
The judge had expressed Trump’s son, Eric Trump,
his displeasure at the late and sent a reply to Pow-
disclosure regarding Mur- ell: “I just spoke to Eric &
doch and became even told him you gave very imp
more perturbed Wednes- info,” Bartiromo wrote Pow-
day when he was told that ell.
Fox also did not reveal the Davis said he would allow
recordings made by a for- Dominion to question Bar-
mer producer for Bartiro- tiromo under oath again,
mo. The recordings were of at Fox’s expense, though
conversations the host had there was no immediate
with Giuliani and Powell indication from Dominion
before and after her show. that it would do so.
Their existence surfaced in The judge said he also was
a lawsuit the former pro- likely to ask a special mas-
ducer, Abby Grossberg, ter to investigate how Fox
has filed against Fox alleg- attorneys handled the issue
ing that the network’s at- of Rupert Murdoch’s role at
torneys forced her to give Fox News.
misleading deposition testi- Fox Corp. had asserted
mony in an effort to protect since Dominion filed its law-
the company in the defa- Rupert Murdoch introduces Secretary of State Mike Pompeo during the Herman Kahn Award Gala suit in 2021 that Murdoch
mation case. on Oct. 30, 2019, in New York. had no official role at Fox
In one pre-show conver- Associated Press News. In its filings, it had
sation on Nov. 8, 2020, just listed Fox News’ officers as
days after the presidential the company by repeat- revealed how Fox used the Brook told the judge that Jay Wallace, Joe Dorrego
election, Bartiromo asked edly airing false allegations false election claims to win Dominion only recently and Suzanne Scott, who is
Giuliani whether he had that its machines and the back viewers who were learned that Powell had the network’s chief execu-
information about Domin- software they used rigged angered after the network forwarded to Bartiromo tive officer. But on Sunday,
ion’s software, which some the 2020 presidential elec- correctly called Arizona an email Powell received Fox disclosed to Dominion’s
people had alleged could tion to prevent Trump’s for Joe Biden on election in November 2020 from a attorneys that Murdoch
be manipulated. reelection. Records pro- night. woman who described a also is “executive chair” at
“That’s a little harder. It’s duced as part of the law- The judge on Wednesday wide range of conspiracy Fox News.
being analyzed right now,” suit show many executives said he was considering theories, including those The judge Wednesday or-
Giuliani responded. and hosts didn’t believe asking a special master to involving claims of election dered Fox attorneys to
A week later, Giuliani said the claims, but aired them investigate actions taken fraud. collect and preserve all
on Bartiromo’s show that anyway. by Fox attorneys after they In her deposition, Bartiromo internal communications
the software had been There was no indication had certified to the court in said she didn’t know if she regarding the matter. Ear-
developed by a company that the recent develop- December that they had even saw the email. “It’s lier in the day, he denied
founded by Venezuelan ments would delay the trial, complied with their obli- not anything I looked at or Dominion’s request to hold
strongman Hugo Chavez which is scheduled to start gations to produce docu- considered real,” she said separate trials based on
and had been used to Thursday with jury selection, ments. That could include under oath. the new information about
cheat in elections in South but they dealt additional Fox failing to disclose the But on Wednesday, the Murdoch’s roles — one
America. blows to Fox in a lawsuit that Grossberg recordings and judge was shown an email for Fox News and another
Colorado-based Dominion already has embarrassed a Bartiromo email. confirming that Bartiromo for the network’s parent
alleges that Fox damaged the network. In part, it has Dominion attorney Davida not only read Powell’s company.q
Judge temporarily blocks clean water

rule in 24 states

lands and other waterways Opponents of the regula- Biden administration's WO-
throughout the nation. tions, which define which TUS rule is overreaching
U.S. District Judge Daniel L. "waters of the United States" and harmful to America's
Hovland in Bismarck, North are protected by the Clean beef farmers and ranch-
Dakota, halted the regula- Water Act, have called the ers," said Todd Wilkinson, a
tions from the U.S. Environ- rules an example of fed- South Dakota cattle pro-
mental Protection Agency eral overreach and argued ducer and president of the
and U.S. Army Corps of they would unfairly burden National Cattlemen's Beef
Engineers pending the out- farmers and ranchers. Association.
come of a lawsuit filed by In his 45-page order, Hov- "Cattle producers in 26
the 24 states, most of which land wrote that the federal states now have some ad-
A road bisects a wetland on June 20, 2019, near Kulm, N.D.
Associated Press are led by Republicans. The regulation "raises a litany of ditional certainty while this
regulations were finalized in ... statutory and constitu- rule is being litigated and
December 2022, repealing tional concerns and would we are optimistic that the
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE day temporarily blocked a a rule implemented during cause great harm to the Supreme Court will provide
Associated Press federal rule in 24 states that President Donald Trump's states." nationwide clarity on the
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A is intended to protect thou- administration but thrown "Once again, the courts federal government's prop-
federal judge on Wednes- sands of small streams, wet- out by federal courts. have affirmed that the er jurisdiction over water."q