Fox News is asking a Delaware judge to dismiss Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion lawsuit against the network, contending that the litigation is an attack on their First Amendment right to report on Donald Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

“It was a newsworthy ‘fact’ that the sitting President simply made allegations challenging the presidential election,” the network’s legal team, led by Chip Babcock and Scott Keller, wrote in the motion to dismiss (read it here).

“Dominion confuses the obligation to truthfully report allegations with a purported requirement that the media rebut their underlying falsity. No such duty exists under the First Amendment or New York law. The press can safely cover both sides and interview newsmakers without endorsing everything they say. The freedoms of speech and press would be illusory if the prevailing party could obtain billions of dollars from the press for providing the losing side a forum.