By Oliver Darcy and Marshall Cohen|CNN

Rule Voting Systems said in a court filing Monday that it wishes to put a few of Fox News' top executives and a lot of widely known hosts on the witness stand when its $1.6 billion disparagement case against the conservative network goes to trial.

Amongst the network personnel that the voting technology business wants to call witnesses are Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott; Fox News President Jay Wallace; hosts Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Maria Bartiromo, Laura Ingraham, and Bret Baier; and former executive Bill Sammon and politics editor Chris Stirewalt.

Rule likewise stated it wants to contact us to the stand Abby Grossberg, the Fox News producer who submitted lawsuits against the network last week that alleged network legal representatives coerced her into offering deceptive testimony.

Dominion's prospective witness list, which is tentative and will definitely face legal difficulties from Fox's attorneys, belongs to the regular process of bargaining over witnesses while both sides prepare for trial.

Dominion formerly asked Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis to require Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch and chief executive Lachlan Murdoch to affirm at trial, along with board member Paul Ryan, the previous House speaker. Davis has yet to decide on which witnesses he may oblige to take the stand.

Fox News, nevertheless, did recommend it wants to put Scott, Wallace, Hannity, Carlson, Bartiromo, and Baier on the stand as witnesses.

Their method in potentially calling these witnesses isn't publicly known. In previous court filings, Fox News has actually highlighted the reality that Baier said on-air quickly after the 2020 election that there weren't indications of extensive scams.

Both sides are likewise wishing to put on testimony from their handpicked professionals who focus on election stats, the security of voting machines, journalism ethics, the impact of disinformation in public discourse, and more.

Fox News stated it has journalism specialists who will testify that its 2020 election coverage "did not depart from expert requirements," and that its election security experts can testify that "Dominion's systems are filled with security issues and vulnerabilities," according to court filings.

Why Dominion desires hosts and executives to affirm

Dominion said in court filings that its experts will explain how it would've been literally "difficult" for its software application to flip countless votes from Trump to Biden, which is exactly what numerous Fox visitors and hosts suggested it did in 2020.

" [Rupert Murdoch] Holds a special role at Fox Corporation, that he may be able to be obliged to be here," Davis said at a hearing earlier this week, though he worried that he hasn't made decisions on witnesses.

Attorneys for Fox News advised Davis to decline these requests, arguing that it would put an "unnecessary burden" on the Murdochs, which they do not have much relevant details to affirm about anyway.

The Murdochs, leading Fox News executives and a lot of its television hosts have already sat for prolonged depositions-- which revealed the majority of them didn't believe the election-rigging claims that were being pitched on-air. Dominion is now seeking in-person testimony from many of these figures.

Both Fox News and Dominion asked Davis in court today to declare them the outright winner without a trial.

Davis has yet to rule on the matter, but most legal specialists think the case will ultimately go to a jury trial if the two sides do not reach a settlement before mid-April when a trial is scheduled to start.

Dominion has alleged in its lawsuit against Fox Corporation and Fox News that throughout the 2020 election the right-wing network "recklessly neglected the fact" and pressed numerous pro-Trump conspiracy theories about the election innovation business since "the lies were good for Fox's service."

Fox News has actually maintained that it is "proud" of its 2020 protection and has stated Dominion's claim could weaken the First Amendment. Fox News has actually argued that it can't be held liable for airing naturally newsworthy allegations from public figures that Dominion rigged the 2020 election, even if those claims were false. Fox News has also argued that Dominion's ask for $1.6 billion in damages is a hugely inflated figure, citing the business's previous evaluations.

"Dominion's unnecessarily extensive live witness list is yet another effort to generate headlines and sidetrack from the numerous drawbacks of its case," a Fox spokesperson said.

Fox Corporation, the right-wing channel's parent company, was also named in the claim. Fox Corporation has argued that Dominion overstated its function in Fox News' editorial coverage of the 2020 election and asked to be dropped from the claim-- however the judge let the case progress.