Conservative outlet Newsmax settles with Smartmatic in 2020 election defamation case

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************* outlet Newsmax settles with Smartmatic in 2020 election defamation case

News anchors work at Newsmax’s booth during the second day of the 2024 *********** National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 16, 2024.

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A settlement has been reached in a defamation lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump against a ************* news outlet that aired accusations of vote manipulation in the 2020 election.

Newsmax on Thursday confirmed a deal had been reached but further details were not disclosed. Smartmatic, the voting machine company, has claimed that Newsmax program hosts and guests made false and defamatory statements in November and December 2020 implying that Smartmatic participated in rigging the results and that its software was used to switch votes.

Newsmax argued that it was simply reporting on newsworthy allegations being made by Trump and his supporters, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and ************* attorney Sidney Powell.

The Delaware lawsuit, which takes issue with Newsmax reports over a five-week ******* in late 2020, is one of several stemming from reports by ************* news outlets following the election.

Smartmatic also is suing Fox News for defamation in New York and recently settled a lawsuit in the District of Columbia against the One America News Network, another ************* outlet.

Dominion Voting Systems similarly filed several defamation lawsuits against those who spread *********** theories blaming its election equipment for Trump’s loss. Last year, in a case presided over by Davis, Fox News settled with Dominion for $787 million.

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