Smartmatic claimed that Newsmax hosts and guests made false statements in 2020 implying that it participated in rigging the results.
By Associated PressSignage for the Newsmax conservative television broadcasting network is displayed at a broadcast TV booth at the National Rifle Association annual meeting in Houston on May 28, 2022.
Newsmax on Thursday confirmed a deal had been reached but further details were not disclosed. Smartmatic, the voting machine company, has claimed that Newsmax program hosts and guests made false and defamatory statements in November and December 2020 implying that Smartmatic participated in rigging the results and that its software was used to switch votes.
The Delaware lawsuit, which takes issue with Newsmax reports over a five-week period in late 2020, is one of several stemming from reports by conservative news outlets following the election.
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