Dominion Voting Systems Inc. secured a $787.5 million settlement from Fox News for airing false election-fraud claims, but it still has several similar defamation suits against other companies and individuals. Fox is also still facing a $2.7 billion suit by another voting machine maker, Smartmatic Corp. , that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election against Donald Trump . Smartmatic has sued many of the same parties as Dominion. Fox said it’ll be ready to defend the suit at trial, likely in 2025. “As a report prepared by our financial expert shows, Smartmatic’s damages claims are implausible, disconnected from ...

Source: Fox News April 20, 2023 14:35 UTC