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https://apnews.com/article/dominion-voting-newsmax-defamation-trump-2020-3b2366dfdae3a8432afe822bf14fe1ef
The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million
to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting
equipment company by spreading lies about President
Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, according to
documents filed Monday.
The settlement comes after Fox News Channel paid
$787.5 million to settle a similar lawsuit in 2023
and Newsmax paid what court papers describe as $40
million to settle a libel lawsuit from a different
voting machine manufacturer, Smartmatic, which also
was a target of pro-Trump conspiracy theories on the
network.
Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis had ruled
earlier that Newsmax did indeed defame Denver-based
Dominion Voting Systems by airing false information
about the company and its equipment. But Davis left
it to a jury to eventually decide whether that was
done with malice, and, if so, how much Dominion
deserved from Newsmax in damages. Newsmax and
Dominion reached the settlement before the trial
could take place.
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