No they settled because they didn’t want it to go to trial. A trial would bring discovery and the truth would come out so Ryan and the Murdoch kids could not allow that. So they were willing to pay nearly a Billion to prevent it. Win, win it gave them a convenient way to get rid of Tucker and blame him for having to pay off the settlement because “Tucker help spread lies about the integrity of the voting machines”. That last part is the MSM lie that is everywhere today.
Discover was already completed.