Judge may compel Rupert Murdoch to testify in Dominion defamation trial.

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Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, along with other high-profile Fox News hosts, may be forced to testify in person in the $1.6 billion defamation trial brought by Dominion Voting Systems. The judge overseeing the case said he would compel them to come if Dominion issued a subpoena, as they were directors of a Delaware corporation. Dominion has accused Fox of knowingly broadcasting falsehoods about the company's software and linking it to voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. The trial is set to begin on April 17.
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