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Fox News Seeks Sanctions Against Smartmatic over ‘Deleted Evidence’
- Fox News filed a motion in 2025 asking a judge to sanction Smartmatic over alleged deletion of key messaging evidence relevant to a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit.
- The dispute arises after Fox agreed to pay $787.5 million to resolve a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems in 2023, and now Smartmatic alleges that Fox’s 2020 election coverage defamed its company and harmed its reputation.
- Fox alleges that close to twenty Smartmatic executives and sales staff deleted WhatsApp messages related to damages shortly before or during the lawsuit, while Smartmatic denies these accusations and pledges to proceed to trial.
- Fox lawyer stated the deleted data deprived the network of evidence needed to challenge Smartmatic’s claims and seeks to strike lost-profits claims after 2022 and limit damages accordingly.
- If settlement efforts fail, the escalating legal battle could proceed to trial in 2025 or later, with potential sanctions against Smartmatic possibly reshaping the defamation suit’s direction.
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Smartmatic vs. Fox: Both sides accuse each other of deleting text evidence
Fox News is asking a judge to sanction election software company Smartmatic, accusing the company of deleting key messaging evidence related to a high-profile defamation case. The accusation comes just days after Smartmatic filed a court document claiming Fox News had deleted its own internal communications. $2.7 billion lawsuit over 2020 election coverage Smartmatic is suing Fox News for $2.7 billion, claiming the network’s coverage of the 2020…
Fox Accuses Smartmatic Of Destroying 'Critical' Evidence
Fox News on Wednesday called for Smartmatic to be sanctioned, claiming that nearly two-dozen executives and other employees at the voting tech company destroyed "critical" evidence related to the company's defamation case against the television network, an accusation that comes a week after Smartmatic said Fox deleted relevant texts.
Filing: Smartmatic Executives Deleted Data, Messages Related To Lawsuit Over Election Reporting
Senior officials at the voting software company Smartmatic ordered the deletion and doctoring of evidence relevant to its ongoing defamation case against Fox News, a court filing made on Wednesday alleges. In its new memorandum filed with the New York Supreme Court, Fox News claimed that multiple Smartmatic officials — including its CEO
Fox News seeks sanctions against Smartmatic over ‘deleted evidence’
Fox News is asking a New York judge to impose sweeping sanctions against voting tech firm Smartmatic, accusing the company of systematically deleting mobile messages that undercut its $2.7 billion defamation claim. In a major legal motion filed Wednesday, Fox…
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