Viet Dinh to Depart Role as Fox Chief Legal Officer 

Viet Dinh, Fox’s chief legal officer, will depart the company after advising the network to its landmark $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in April. 

The voting technology company accused Fox News of intentionally airing false claims that voting machinery produced by Dominion contributed to widespread fraud in the 2020 election. 

The network’s top lawyer was reportedly an advocate for not settling the Dominion suit too quickly, which settled just before the opening statements of the trial were set to begin. 

Dinh will now take the fall for the outcome of the Dominion suit, which exposed internal turmoil at Fox over the coverage of the 2020 election. The top lawyer was an influential executive at Fox Corp. and a close advisor to Chief Executive Lachlan Murdoch. 

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