Fox News Settled But Dominion Still Has Many 2020 Lawsuits (1)

April 20, 2023, 2:33 AM UTC

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 ...

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