Grossberg, for his part, also sued Fox News.

Information about this unexpected test and sanction comes a few days before the start of the trial.

The media case is set to be reviewed by a Delaware jury after Judge Eric Davis, in charge of the trial, denied Fox’s request to that magistrate to rule on it.

According to the lawsuit, the company accused the network of “disregarding the truth” and conducting a “disinformation” campaign against it because “the lie benefited Fox’s business.”

Since the November 2020 election, then-President and Republican nominee Donald Trump has repeatedly reiterated his allegation, dismissed by various courts for lack of evidence, of electoral fraud following the victory of Democrat Joe Biden.

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Many of his advisers, including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, defended the president’s claims that he was the target of electoral fraud, in which he said the Dominion was involved.

The news channel has also faced another lawsuit, in this case in a New York court, filed by election systems company Smartmatic, which is seeking $2.7 billion for being also involved in this alleged election fraud without providing evidence.