A New York state judge on Tuesday said Smartmatic can pursue its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit claiming that Fox News Network, Rudolph Giuliani and others falsely accused the electronic voting systems maker of helping rig the 2020 U.S. presidential election to favor Democrat Joe Biden.
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- A New York state judge on Tuesday said Smartmatic can pursue its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit claiming Fox News Network, Rudolph Giuliani and others falsely accused the electronic voting systems maker of helping rig the 2020 U.S.
- presidential election to favor Democrat Joe Biden.
- The Florida-based company said Fox News did this to boost ratings, cater to Trump supporters, and avoid losing viewers to smaller, right-wing networks Newsmax and One America News.
- Fox News said it planned to appeal the Smartmatic decision, calling the company’s claims “baseless” The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article.