The Man Who Settled the Fox-Dominion Defamation Case From a Romanian Tour Bus

Mediator Jerry Roscoe helped Fox and Dominion Voting Systems resolve dispute centered on 2020 election broadcasts, on eve of trial

Lawyers representing Dominion Voting Systems leave the Leonard Williams Justice Center following a settlement with Fox News. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Jerry Roscoe was enjoying a cruise with his wife on the Danube River in Romania last Sunday when the dispute mediator saw an email asking for his help on a sensitive matter: the high-stakes defamation suit against Fox News.

Voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems had sued Fox, accusing the company of airing false claims that its technology helped rig the 2020 presidential election in favor of Joe Biden. Fox argued that it was covering newsworthy election-fraud claims. It was a bruising legal battle that, after two years of hostilities, would soon be aired in front of a Delaware jury.

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