Overview

• A judicial hearing officer unredacted parts of Smartmatic's motion, making private Fox messages public in filings first reported by the Washington Post.
• Texts show Jeanine Pirro told Ronna McDaniel she worked for Trump and the GOP and privately labeled Sean Hannity an “egomaniac” after an Oval Office encounter.
• Smartmatic’s filing alleges Pirro sought favor with Trump to secure a pardon for her ex-husband, Albert Pirro, who was later pardoned.
• Pirro’s producer Jerry Andrews warned her to avoid unsupported fraud claims, and Fox declined to air her Nov. 7, 2020 episode as she complained to Hannity about “censorship.”
• Other messages include Jesse Watters touting ratings if Fox went “ALL in” on Stop the Steal and Bret Baier urging executives to “fact-check this crap,” while Fox calls the suit meritless and the damages inflated.