Smartmatic and Newsmax settle defamation case involving 2020 election. The two parties reached a “confidential” agreement just before a trial was to start. Updated September 26, 2024.

The pro-Trump cable outlet Newsmax and voting technology company Smartmatic settled a major 2020 election defamation lawsuit Thursday in a last-minute agreement to avoid a high-stakes trial.

Voting machine company Smartmatic settled its lawsuit with right-wing ... rival Dominion Voting Systems’ series of upcoming defamation cases following Fox News’ massive $800 million settlement ...

Smartmatic's latest filing argues that Fox employees "did not just doubt the claims — it ridiculed them in private while ...

“This is also true of defamation cases such as this one ... and the far-right channel One America News settled with Smartmatic earlier this year. Newsmax still faces a separate defamation ...

Smartmatic and Newsmax have reached a settlement in the voting technology company’s election defamation lawsuit against the right-wing news outlet shortly before the case was set to go to trial.

Smartmatic and Newsmax have reached a settlement in the voting technology company’s election defamation lawsuit against the right-wing news outlet shortly before the case was set to go to trial.

Jury selection in the case began on Thursday morning, and the trial had been expected to take up to four weeks. By Katie Robertson Smartmatic on Thursday settled its defamation lawsuit against ...

Smartmatic Corp. settled its defamation lawsuit against Newsmax Media Inc. over broadcasts claiming that the voting technology company rigged the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump ...

Smartmatic settled a similar lawsuit against ... Newsmax is still facing a defamation lawsuit in Delaware from Dominion, though that case is not close to the trial stage.

Smartmatic settled a similar lawsuit against ... Newsmax is still facing a defamation lawsuit in Delaware from Dominion, though that case is not close to the trial stage. Local journalism is ...