Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp and co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, arrives at the Sun Valley Resort for the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho on July 10, 2018.
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Rupert Murdoch will be deposed on Tuesday as part of the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit brought by election technology company Smartmatic against Fox Corp. filed, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC.
According to the source, Murdoch is expected to be in Los Angeles for questioning on Tuesday and Wednesday.
It is the second time this year that Murdoch, 92, has been deposed in a high-stakes libel lawsuit that accused Fox News of spreading damaging lies about the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Murdoch officially stepped down as chairman of Fox and News Corp. earlier this month. back and transferred management of both companies to his son Lachlan. The elder Murdoch is now chairman emeritus of the companies.
When questioned in January as part of a similar defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, Murdoch admitted that some Fox News hosts and personalities “supported” the false narrative that the election was stolen from then-President Donald Trump had been.
Fox paid $787.5 million to settle Dominion’s lawsuit, nearly half of the $1.6 billion originally sought by the voting company.
Fox spokesman Brian Nick declined CNBC’s request for comment on Murdoch’s latest statement.
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