Jury Selection Begins In Dominion-Fox News Defamation Trial
deadline.comJury selection started on Thursday in Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, as both sides appear to be headed for a trial next week.
At the 7th floor of the Leonard Williams Justice Center in downtown Wilmington, DE, jurors are being questioned one by one behind closed doors in proceedings led by Judge Eric Davis and up to four attorneys and other representatives from each side.
Fox plans to bring in a jury consultant to that part of the process. In recent days, the judge and attorneys have hashed over questions for the jurors.
Davis has instructed attorneys to avoid questions that would be “previewing” the case. Example: A proposed Dominion query on whether jurors “personally know Steve Bannon.” He indicated to attorneys that he wanted to avoid questions of how a juror voted in 2020, or whether Joe Biden was “properly elected.” Rather, he said, he wanted to know whether jurors can be “fair and impartial.” Both sides, naturally, will be watching throughout the day whether any juror shows signs of bias.
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