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Tonight new court filings reveal
Fox News has fired the producer
who's suing the network over her
testimony in the dominion case,
Grossberg worked with Maria
bartiromo and tucker Carlson.
She accused Fox News lawyers of
coercing her into giving
misleading testimony. And she
says that testimony gave cover
to network leaders in talent who
knowingly pushed election lies
and conspiracy theories about
dominion voting systems.
Grossberg's latest court filing
amends deposition statements
that she made last year,
including one in which she had
expressed trust for fox
producers. And she now wants to
change that testimony to this.
She now wants to go on the
record with this quote. No I
don't list and they imposed
their political agendas on the
programming. Grossberg also
claims she was subjected to a
toxic and sexist work
environment at Fox News. For its
part, the network denies
wrongdoing regarding Grossberg
and separately maintains, of
course, that it never defamed
dominion. This is one of the
biggest lawsuits going on in the
country and here now to respond
as Abby Grossberg's lawyer,
Gerry Phillips, shadows, and I
really appreciate your taking
the time here to explain this.
Let's just start first with your
client goes into a deposition,
she gives sworn testimony. And
the council who had advised her
prior to that, or Fox News
council says she was forced and
intimidated into giving things
that were misleading into saying
things that she didn't believe
were true. What exactly did they
instruct her to do? So let's
just step back, 11 step and just
talk about the fact that it
wasn't just the depth of the
actual deposition testimony. It
was how she was prepared for the
deposition. And I would just say
that that she's not changing her
testimony. She's actually
delivering her testimony the way
it should have been delivered
uninhibited, free of coercion,
free of intimidation. So um, she
, uh in fact, when she was first
asked to appear to perhaps give
testimony, she asked in her
first prep session with the
attorneys, and by the way, it
wasn't just in house fox council
was also outside counsel as
well. So she had four attorneys,
their attorneys. Okay one's
enough, usually right, but so,
um, she started off by saying,
um do I need my own attorney
because it so happens that Ms
bartiromo, who shows she was on
and I'm sure we'll get later
into her whole history. But it's
also important to know that the
deposition prep and testimony
was taking place as she was
transitioning from Ms
bartiromo's show. To Mr Carlson
show, so she gets in there 1st
1st session. They you know, they
tell her to come in. She comes
in. And the first thing she
asked, is do I need my own
attorney? Because Maria has her
own attorney. She told me so
this is Abby speaking. And the
fox attorney said, oh, no, no,
no, you don't need your own
attorney. They just complicate
things and you'll be fine. I
mean, you're one of the first
witnesses that were preparing
but you know, as long as you
cooperate, everything will be
fine. So as long as you
cooperate, so now she's she's
starting to set the record
straight. Now fox is saying that
this she's just making these
claims because she had a
critical performance review that
she was fired because she shared
privileged information. Um this
is their argument. Their
statement is we were clear that
if she violated our
instructions, fox would take
appropriate action, including
termination. Miss Grossberg
ignored those communications.
What's your response? So I mean,
let's just start with the fact
that those arguments have now
been once voluntarily dismissed
by fox attorneys before a judge
could take a look at them
because, frankly, they probably
were embarrassed to go before
the judge and make these
arguments which are absolutely
frivolous, and the second time
they made the argument was in
our southern district case where
we alleged hostile work,
environment, misogyny,
chauvinism. Just a toxic work
environment, especially on the
tucker Carlson show. You're
saying specifically. Okay, so,
um, there there, there it is.
Just. Almost unbelievable that
they're taking the position that
they fired her on Friday because
she was insubordinate. How was
she? In subordinate? She was
insubordinate by actually
saying, I'm the victim of
discrimination. And by the way,
I don't want to. I don't want to
lie anymore, you know, or or be
forced to come close to line, so
the question is now there's a
text exchange that that that
miss Grossberg shared she text
um bartiromo. To be honest, our
audience doesn't want to hear
about a peaceful transition.
They still have hope. To which
borrowed Romo answers. Yes agree
those texts that one exchange
there. It's one exchange but
seems to suggest that they both
knew that this was bs. And they
both were just discussing what
the viewers wanted to hear. Um
you know, which is that this was
rigged, and this was unfair. And
this is in the context of
dominion. What do you say to
that? I mean, I think we can.
You know we can. We can slice
and dice any particular, you
know, exchange, the two people
have first of all. Ms bartiromo
is the on air talent. Miss
Grossberg is there to
essentially make sure that that
miss bard aroma has what she
what she needs. She has her own
position. She has her own point
of view. So obviously, you know,
Abby is not gonna, uh, exactly
argue with her if she wants to
have this over. Well, exactly.
So um, and I think that text by
itself just says kind of the
truth right? Because I mean
fox's audience. I mean, we all
know is an interested right.
Will miss Grossberg testify on
behalf of dominion, you know,
will she take the stand? I say
she's already made a stand
because she's already told the
truth. She's already going out
there exposed herself in taking
on this gigantic network so that
she can tell the truth. I'll
tell you one thing. Um, if she
does testify, it's certainly not
going to be on behalf of fox,
and they had the audacity this
last week to go before the judge
in Delaware and sit and put her
on their way. Minus list like
she's gonna be there. Witness