Former FBI general counsel Andrew Weissmann said Tuesday that a special master investigation into Fox News could likely continue despite the settlement between Dominion Voting Systems and the conservative network.
"We do have — the judge appointed today, a special master, by the way, that could continue," said Weissmann during an MSNBC appearance.
It prompted host Nicolle Wallace to ask if that could have been an incentive for Fox News to settle.
"Well, absolutely," he agreed. "Worst case scenario, we don't know if this is the case, the worst case scenario, the special master has free rein to take depositions anew. And on Fox's dime. And that means the worst case is that was not inadvertent that somebody said, 'we're not producing this,' or 'we're going to produce this late in the day.'
"I think there are ethical lawyers involved and I think when they would hear about that I'm pretty sure they would say, I'm not losing my Bar ticket over this. But that doesn't mean there aren't people at Fox who are deliberately keeping stuff away from Dominion. If that's the case, just to be clear, that's a crime. To obstruct the case."
Wallace mentioned another lawsuit filed by former Fox News staffer Abby Grossberg who claimed Fox's lawyers coerced her into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion case.
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