The network rebuffed Trump because "it would be irresponsible to put him on the air" and "could impact a lot of people in a negative way," according to Fox Business Network President Lauren Petterson, whose testimony was cited by Dominion in the new filing.ĭobbs' show on Fox Business - in which he routinely promoted baseless conspiracies about the 2020 election - was canceled a few weeks after the January 6 insurrection.įox News and its parent company have denied all wrongdoing and are aggressively fighting Dominion's defamation lawsuit. President Trump not only was the sitting President, he was the key figure that day." January 6 was an important event by any measure. "Why? Not because of a lack of newsworthiness. "But Fox executives vetoed that decision," Dominion's filing continued. "The afternoon of January 6, after the Capitol came under attack, then-President Trump dialed into Lou Dobbs' show attempting to get on air," Dominion lawyers wrote in their legal brief. His newly revealed call to Fox News shows some of the gaps in the record that still exist, due to roadblocks the committee faced. The panel sought to piece together a near minute-by-minute account of Trump's movements, actions and phone calls on that day.
The House select committee that investigated the January 6 attack did not know that Trump had made this call, according to a source familiar with the panel's work.
(CNN) - Former President Donald Trump tried to call into Fox News after his supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, but the network refused to put him on air, according to court filings from Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation case against the company.
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