Rupert Murdoch Testifies Under Oath: 2020 Presidential Election Was Free, Fair, and Not Stolen

Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch has testified under oath that he believes the 2020 presidential election was free, fair, and not stolen. This comes from court filings released Tuesday in a voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News over their coverage of former President Donald Trump’s false election fraud claims.

The lawsuit was filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News for $1.6 billion. The court exhibits show that some of Fox News’ top executives had doubts about what was being said on their shows after the 2020 election and even after President Biden had been inaugurated.

In sworn questioning by lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems, Murdoch was asked if he believes the 2020 presidential election was free and fair. He replied, “Yes.” He was also asked if it is “unarguable that high-profile Fox voices fed the story that the election was stolen and that January 6th an important chance to have the result overturned?” To this, he replied, “The election was not stolen.”

These court documents provide a deeper insight into the internal conversations at Fox News. It appears that while the network gave airtime to Trump’s false election fraud claims, some of the top executives had doubts about the accuracy of the claims.

This case is ongoing, and it remains to be seen what the outcome will be. In the meantime, Murdoch’s testimony has made it clear that he believes the 2020 presidential election was free, fair, and not stolen.