Lawyers for a voting machine company that’s suing Fox News want to question Rupert Murdoch about his contentious efforts to change his family trust. Attorneys for Smartmatic broached the request at a court date Monday. The election-technology firm’s $2.7 billion defamation suit regards Fox’s reporting on 2020 voting fraud claims. But Smartmatic’s attorneys suggest the separate succession fight over the network founder’s media empire might shed light on any Fox Corp. involvement in editorial matters. Fox says the Murdoch succession matter isn’t relevant and the statements made on the network weren’t defamatory.
