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Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67M in defamation case over 2020 election claims
Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle Dominion's defamation lawsuit over false 2020 election rigging claims, with $27 million paid upfront and the remainder due by 2027.
- Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle a defamation lawsuit over claims the conservative network made false statements about Dominion's voting machines being linked to fraud in the 2020 election.
- The settlement amount is far lower than the $1.6 billion Dominion initially sought in damages when it sued Newsmax in 2021.
- While denying its reporting was defamatory, Newsmax claimed it settled because it believed the court overseeing the case would not provide a fair trial.
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The news channel claimed that Trump lost the 2020 election because the voting machines were rigged.
Newsmax settles Dominion defamation case for $67M | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
WILMINGTON, DEL. >> Newsmax Media has agreed to pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit over false claims that the voting machine company rigged the 2020 election against President Donald Trump, it said today.
Newsmax agrees to pay US$67 million in defamation case over 2020 election claims
The conservative network Newsmax will pay US$67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about US President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, according to documents filed on Monday. The settlement comes after Fox News Channel paid US$787.5 million to settle a similar lawsuit in 2023 and Newsmax paid what court papers describe as US$40 million to settle a libel lawsuit from a different voti…
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