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Rupert Murdoch encouraged Virginia’s Glenn Youngkin to seek presidency

August 18, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. EDT
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has not made a public decision on whether to run in 2024. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post)
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A previous version of this article incorrectly said that Fox News settled a lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for nearly $788 billion. The amount of the settlement in the lawsuit was nearly $788 million. The article has been corrected.

RICHMOND — Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has repeatedly encouraged Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) to run for president in 2024, according to two people familiar with entreaties made in at least two face-to-face meetings.

The previously unreported meetings took place months ago, but Murdoch’s ask has taken on fresh relevance as Youngkin continues to lay the groundwork for a potential last-minute White House bid and as Murdoch outlets hyped his presidential prospects this month with a mix of sober Wall Street Journal analysis and buzzy Page Six blurbs.