The pro-Trump cable outlet Newsmax and voting technology company Smartmatic settled a major 2020 election defamation lawsuit Thursday in a last-minute agreement to avoid a high-stakes trial.

A major defamation case against Newsmax will proceed to trial later this month, a judge ruled Thursday, dealing a blow to the right-wing network and setting the stage for the 2020 election to be ...

Smartmatic sued Newsmax for defamation over false claims related to the 2020 presidential election. The trial was supposed to begin next week.

Smartmatic’s case against Newsmax will test 2020 defamation claims. The voting technology company will have to prove that allegations of fraud made by hosts and guests on Newsmax destroyed its ...

Newsmax (Smartmatic): Smartmatic sued Newsmax in Delaware state court in November 2021, alleging it spread false claims against the voting company, ...

Smartmatic will not stop until the perpetrators are held accountable.” (In response, a spokesperson for Fox News said that “Smartmatic unsurprisingly chose to settle its case with Newsmax on ...

Newsmax said it has settled a lawsuit brought by Smartmatic over false claims that the voting-technology company helped rig the 2020 presidential election, averting a trial that carried high ...

Smartmatic alleged that Newsmax profited from its false reporting. Trump amplified Newsmax's reporting on social media and the broadcaster's audience jumped 10-fold after the election, ...

On Sept. 30, Newsmax will head into a Deleware court to defend itself against a defamation lawsuit filed by Smartmatic, a London-based voting machine technology company.

Newsmax and Trump Media benefited from President Donald Trump’s popularity. Newsmax saw its audience and revenue increase ...