Sean Hannity Admits Under Oath He ‘Did Not Believe’ for ‘One Second’ 2020 Presidential Election Fraud Claims

Fox News host Sean Hannity admitted under oath that he “did not believe” for “one second” there was mass voter fraud in the 2020 election.

“I did not believe it for one second.”

That was the answer Sean Hannity gave, under oath, in a deposition in Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, according to information disclosed in a court hearing on Wednesday. https://t.co/nIRYFGwBpB

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This was in response to a question about whether he believed the claims made by former President Trump’s attorney Sidney Powell in November 2020.

Powell had told Hannity then that there was widespread fraud in the 2020 election and that voting machines manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems helped steal the election by switching votes.

Hannity said in the released deposition, according to The New York Times, “I did not believe it for one second.”

Hannity’s testimony was part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News brought by Dominion Voting Systems.

The company is suing Fox News for defamation, alleging that the company spread false claims about its voting machines in the aftermath of the 2020 election, leading to financial loss.

In order to win the case, Dominion would have to prove that Fox journalists knew the claims they made were false or that journalists acted with reckless disregard for the truth.