High Fox Corp. lawyer to step down after overseeing $787M settlement in Dominion case

NEW YORK — Fox Corp. mentioned Friday that its chief authorized officer who oversaw a $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation allegations is leaving the corporate.

Viet Dinh, Fox’s chief authorized and coverage officer, will step down efficient Dec. 31, the New York-based firm mentioned in a press release. He will stay a “special advisor” to Fox Corp., it added.

Fox News, a unit of Fox Corp., agreed to settle the case introduced by the voting machine producer in mid-April following weeks of pretrial disclosures that exposed the community had aired false claims in regards to the 2020 U.S. presidential election, though many inside the firm knew they weren’t true.

The firm didn’t say why Dinh was leaving Fox Corp. Brian Nick, a spokesman for Fox, mentioned the corporate had no remark past the assertion.

Records launched as a part of the lawsuit confirmed Fox aired the claims partially to win again viewers who had been fleeing the community after it appropriately referred to as hotly contested Arizona for Democrat Joe Biden on election night time. One Fox Corp. vice chairman referred to as the claims “MIND BLOWINGLY NUTS.”