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Dinh, who will exit the role at the end of 2023, joined Fox in
2018 and headed its legal and compliance divisions during the
months-long legal battle sparked by the network's coverage of
false claims that Dominion rigged the election.
The move marks another major departure at the network since the
settlement. Top-rated host Tucker Carlson agreed to part ways
with Fox in April, just days after the legal resolution.
As part of a separation agreement, Dinh will get a lump-sum cash
payment of $23 million, Fox said. He will become a special
adviser to the company after leaving the role of legal head.
He was a former U.S. attorney general under President George W
Bush and an architect of the Patriot Act, the U.S. national
security law enacted after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
He founded Bancroft PLLC, a small Washington, D.C.-based
litigation firm known for advocating conservative causes that
was acquired by Kirkland & Ellis in 2016. Dinh's clients as a
defense lawyer included billionaire real estate developer Ng Lap
Seng, who was convicted of bribery in 2017.
In June, Fox Corp also settled a lawsuit by former Fox News
producer Abby Grossberg, who claimed gender discrimination and
accused the network's lawyers of pressuring her to make
misleading statements in the Dominion Voting Systems case.
(Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru and David Thomas in
Chicago; Editing by Anil D'Silva and Shilpi Majumdar)
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