People
walk
by
the
News
Corporation
headquarters,
home
to
Fox
News,
on
April
18,
2023
in
New
York
City.
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Fox
Corp.
Chief
Legal
and
Policy
Officer
Viet
Dinh
will
step
down
from
his
post,
months
after
the
company
agreed
to
pay
a
$787.5
million
settlement
to
Dominion
Voting
Systems.
The
departure
comes
after
Dinh
advised
the
company
through
the
lawsuit
with
the
voting
machines
company,
which
was
halted
just
short
of
a
trial
with
the
April
settlement.
The
company
has
continued
to
feel
the
fallout
since.
Dominion
hit
Fox
with
a
defamation
lawsuit
arguing
its
networks
“intentionally
and
falsely”
blamed
the
company
for
the
2020
election
loss
of
former
President
Donald
Trump
to
President
Joe
Biden
by
airing
unsubstantiated
claims
that
Dominion’s
machines
rigged
the
election.
While
Fox
agreed
to
the
settlement,
its
hosts
weren’t
required
to
talk
about
the
lawsuit
or
make
any
public
apology
for
on-air
statements.
Days
after
the
settlement
was
reached,
Fox
ousted
primetime
host
Tucker
Carlson,
who
has
since
started
his
own
show
on
X,
the
website
formerly
known
as
Twitter.
Since
then,
Jesse
Watters
has
become
the
replacement
for
the
same
primetime
slot
Carlson
once
held.
Carlson
and
Dinh
were
among
the
Fox
anchors
and
executives
who
were
questioned
as
part
of
the
lawsuit.
Depositions,
emails,
texts
and
other
correspondence
were
part
of
the
reams
of
evidence
released
before
the
settlement.
Leading
up
to
the
trial,
Dominion
had
been
urging
the
court
to
compel
Fox’s
top
brass,
including
Dinh,
to
appear
for
in-person
testimony.
The
judge
presiding
over
the
case
said
in
the
weeks
before
the
trial’s
start
date
that
he
could
compel
executives
to
testify.
Dinh
joined
the
company
in
the
top
legal
role
in
2018
and
since
then
has
led
all
of
its
legal,
compliance
and
regulatory
matters,
in
addition
to
overseeing
government
affairs.
He
will
step
down
effective
Dec.
31
and
become
a
special
advisor
to
the
company.
“We
appreciate Viet’s
many
contributions
and
service
to
FOX
as
both
a
board
member
of
21st
Century
Fox
and
in
his
role
over
the
last
five
years
as
a
valued
member
of
FOX’s
leadership
team,”
said
Fox
Corp.
CEO
Lachlan
Murdoch
in
a
news
release.
“We
are
grateful
that
he
will
continue
to
serve
FOX
as
Special
Advisor
where
we
will
benefit
from
his
counsel.”
