US EditionJeanine Pirro bragged about helping Trump and GOP while a Fox News host
Jeanine Pirro promoted false election fraud claims and sought a pardon for her ex-husband to support Trump, amid a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit by Smartmatic against Fox News.
- Jeanine Pirro, a Fox News host, bragged in September 2020 about helping Donald Trump and the GOP during the 2020 presidential election.
- This occurred amid widespread claims by Trump and his allies that the election was rigged, which Fox aggressively amplified despite network personalities' uncertainty.
- Newly unredacted text messages and emails in Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit reveal Pirro sought a pardon for her ex-husband and featured guests making unproven stolen election claims.
- Fox settled a related Dominion lawsuit for $787.5 million in 2023, but Fox calls Smartmatic's $2.7 billion damage claim 'pure fiction' and defends its coverage as public interest.
- The dispute implies ongoing legal and reputational challenges for Fox and individuals like Pirro, while raising questions about media responsibility during the 2020 election aftermath.
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'Pretty out there!' Emails and texts expose Fox hosts who didn’t buy Trump’s election lies
The voting machine company Smartmatic submitted a new court filing this week in its lawsuit against Fox News, calling for the judge to issue a quick ruling in their favor. The details in the filing, however, reveal previously unknown comments from top Fox hosts and allies of Donald Trump who never b...
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The Washington PostJeanine Pirro bragged about helping Trump and GOP while a Fox News host
The former Fox host complained of “CENSORSHIP” by Fox over her coverage of the 2020 election, according to newly unredacted documents in the Smartmatic defamation case.
Text messages reveal how hard Fox News 'worked' for Trump in 2020: court documents
New court documents reveal Fox News’ most prominent on-air news personalities made clear their desire to help President Donald Trump win the 2020 presidential election, according to The New York Times.A $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox Corporation by voting technology company Smartmatic upended a tranche of documents on Tuesday showing Fox personalities Jeanine Pirro, Jesse Watters and Maria Bartiromo were determined to help Trump. In…
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