“多米宁投票系统审判的开始”16亿美元的诽谤诉讼该案的法官周日晚间宣布，原定于周一进行的对福克斯新闻频道的审判已推迟一天。

法官埃里克·戴维斯表示，审判将于周二进行。

案件中陪审团的选择开始于周四并计划在周一继续，周一下午开始辩论。

根据新的时间表，陪审团的选择预计将于周二上午恢复。

2023年2月28日，新闻集团大楼和福克斯新闻频道总部的外景。

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自治领指责保守派网络故意推动虚假的阴谋论投票机公司以某种方式操纵了2020年的总统选举，使其有利于乔·拜登，Dominion声称这是为了消除对收视率下降和观众保留率的担忧。

福克斯为自己的报道进行了辩护，称这起诉讼是“寻求暴利的政治运动”。

Start of Dominion-Fox defamation trial delayed until Tuesday

The start of the trial in Dominion Voting Systems'$1.6 billion defamation lawsuitagainst Fox News, which was scheduled to get underway Monday, has been delayed by one day, the judge in the case announced Sunday night.

Judge Eric Davis said the trial would get underway on Tuesday.

Jury selection in the casebegan on Thursdayand was scheduled to continue on Monday, with opening arguments scheduled for Monday afternoon.

Under the new schedule, jury selection is now expected to resume on Tuesday morning.

Dominion has accused the conservative network of knowingly pushingfalse conspiracy theoriesthat the voting machine company had somehow rigged the 2020 presidential election in Joe Biden's favor, in what Dominion claims was an effort to combat concerns over declining ratings and viewer retention.

Fox has defended its coverage, dismissing the suit as a "political crusade in search of a financial windfall."