Smartmatic's defamation lawsuit against Newsmax is headed to trial. What's at stake?

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Posted on 09/22/2024 12:56:05 PM PDT by DFG

The 2024 presidential election is approaching, but the legal battle over how the 2020 race was covered by right-wing channel Newsmax isn't going away quietly.

On Sept. 30, Newsmax will head into a Delaware court to defend itself against a defamation lawsuit filed by Smartmatic, a voting machine technology company. Smartmatic says its reputation was damaged by false statements made on the network regarding voter fraud allegations in the 2020 presidential election.

Smartmatic's suit says Newsmax provided a platform for its hosts, Donald Trump and the former president's attorneys and allies to falsely claim that the company's software was manipulated to deliver the election for President Biden.

Smartmatic's equipment was used only in Los Angeles County in 2020 and not in any of the swing states that helped decide the election.

The claims were given ample airtime on Newsmax despite a lack of credible evidence of fraud and a complete rejection of Trump's legal challenges in the courts. Smartmatic says it lost business because of the bogus statements.

"Newsmax’s own people repeatedly and intentionally lied to the public," Smartmatic attorney Erik Connolly said. "This trial will allow the American judicial process to finally hold Newsmax accountable for knowingly peddling lies about Smartmatic."

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1 posted on 09/22/2024 12:56:05 PM PDT by DFG

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2 posted on 09/22/2024 1:07:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)

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