šŸæVia Scott MacFarlane:

ALERT: Court is in session for Day 1 of $1.6 billion defamation trial of #Dominion Voting Systems vs. #FOX

No cameras in the courtroom.

No live audio feed to broadcast

I am permitted a phone in overflow room. And can post.

But noting: this court day begins with the completion of jury selection. We don’t expect opening statements til midday.

#legal

2/ Guess this is a thread… which will be hard for me to keep up with today because I’ll be on the road. But I’ll try. #ClusterFox #Dominion

MacFarlane, cont’d.:

Jury selection process is about to resume

There will be *objections* from attorneys to some of the slides that are planned to be exhibited during opening statements today. Likely ahead of the statements.

Nevertheless, we're underway with the completion of jury selection

3/ #Dominion #legal cont’d:

Judge est will be a 6 WEEK trial. He admon att’ys...warning he will be diligent about staying on track & staying on sched

If there are lengthy obj made.. "They'll come out of your time" ... Judge Eric Davis warns atty’s

Judge urged media in courtroom to type quietly... to avoid "sending the wrong messages" to people in jury

Then judge said I'm not sure how you do that though

The. Typing. Is. Loud.

By approx 200 journalists restricted to laptops, not phones

4/ More:

NEW: #Dominion’s updated trial exhibit list includes 7000+ items, including dozens of emails from #RupertMurdoch and a series of messages from Sean #Hannity to Murdoch

Final item (exhibit 7,021): ā€œ#Fox and Friendsā€ broadcast from Nov 15, 2020

#ClusterFox

5/ More:

Other items listed on #Dominion’s updates trial exhibit list:

Emails received by Dominion on that read ā€œYou evil motherf****ā€, ā€œJustice doesn’t need witnessesā€, ā€œGitmo soon for you and your friends!!ā€

1st several items listed on newly-filed updated trial exhibit list incl Lou Dobbs show transcripts, Dobbs tweets, ā€œJustice w Jeanineā€ transcript & social posts & video of ā€œSunday Morning Futures w Maria Bartiromoā€ videos & transcript.

Jury selection is rattling along at a decent clip

6/ More:

There will be a jury of 12
And 12 alternates

Huge jury box... 24 seats in the box. Tall, chocolate brown leather chairs

Judge: "We have the 12"

Yes.. they're selecting *12 alternate jurors*

Process is moving at a decent clip.

7/ Via Harry Litman:

The judge has ruled, and will instruct the jury, that all of Fox’s statements were false. But Dominion still has the right to make its case. So they are going to present the statements, from their first opening, in all their lurid detail. Fox has to just sit there and take it.

8/ MacFarlane cont:

Judge tells #Dominion v. #FOX jurors they're going to take a brief, 20-minute break... then move to opening statements.

šŸ‘‰šŸ¼šŸ‘‰šŸ¼This trial is a "go"šŸ‘ˆšŸ¼

The most updated Trial Exhibit list from Dominion includes approximately a dozen emails from Rupert Murdoch to Lachlan Murdoch (including one with subject line ā€œTrumpā€)

There are also several exhibits described as ā€œemail from R. Murdoch to J. Kushnerā€

9/ Via MacFarlane:
Judge says someone was booted from courtroom for snapping a photo (photo was subsequently deleted)

Judge says person responsible for photo accused others in courtroom of tweeting from courtroom. Judge instructs audience NOT to do so

(I'm in overflow room, where it's permitted)

Judge is giving additional round of instructions.

Then (due to hour): It's lunch break

Then court shifts to opening statements

10/ MacFarlane:

Per my teammates in courtroom. Of the first 12 jurors seated (the non-alternates), there are six men and six women

11/ #Dominion #Fox Trial resumes at 130pm eastern time.

šŸ¤³šŸ“²Remember: I’m in the car on the way back to California from Canada, so it won’t be easy to cover the trial reporting sometimes. Spotty connection (like right now), other interruptions. Apologies ahead of time. āš–ļø

12/ There’s been a really long delay. #Dominion #Fox

MacFarlane:

The prospect of opening statements happening or finishing today is declining by the minute

13/ Via Josh Dawsey:

A #Fox employee caught taking photos in the courtroom was asked to leave, Judge Eric M. Davis said. That person, Fox News public relations staffer Caley Cronin, then ā€œturned on everybody elseā€ and said others were ā€œactively tweeting in the courtroom."

#legal https://t.co/BpuuxtF2o7

Dominion v. Fox News trial abruptly canceled after settlement reached

News of the agreement came at the start of Dominion v. Fox News, one of the most highly anticipated media cases in decades.

The Washington Post

14/ MacFarlane:

During the lunch break, court posted new order from Judge Eric Davis. He has officially ordered a special master to review whether FOX "complied with their discovery obligations" in this defamation case

Note the language below:

"Send invoices only to FOX"

@GottaLaff Everytime I read or hear the Fox lawsuit? I hear the song in my head. Shot down in flames.
Odd…
@GottaLaff They settled, didn't they?
@GottaLaff
I just appreciate you are trying.
If this keeps up, we may have to give you a raise. ;)
Thanks for hanging in there.
Safe travels.