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The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, according to documents filed Monday.
The settlement comes after Fox News Channel paid $787.5 million to settle a similar lawsuit in 2023 and Newsmax paid what court papers describe as $40 million to settle a libel lawsuit from a different voting machine manufacturer, Smartmatic, which also was a target of pro-Trump conspiracy theories on the network.
Read more at: https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/conservative-network-newsmax-defamation-case-settlement-2020-election-claims/507-8f237321-205f-4130-b489-1d94d0f3d1f6
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