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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSmartmatic can pursue election-rigging claims against Fox News, Giuliani
Smartmatic can pursue election-rigging claims against Fox News, Giuliani
NEW YORK, March 8 (Reuters) - 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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Smartmatic accused the defendants of turning it into a "villain" by fabricating a story that its technology helped Biden steal the 2020 election from Trump. Smartmatic said it provided technology for the election only to Los Angeles County, which Biden won.
Without ruling on the merits, Cohen found a "substantial basis" for the claim that Fox News "turned a blind eye to a litany of outrageous claims about [Smartmatic], unprecedented in the history of American elections, so inherently improbable that it evinced a reckless disregard for the truth."
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Smartmatic's lawyer J. Erik Connolly said Fox News caused "catastrophic damage" to his client's business and reputation. "This lawsuit will help to undo that damage," he said.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/smartmatic-can-pursue-election-rigging-claims-against-fox-news-giuliani-2022-03-08/
The case is Smartmatic USA Corp et al v Fox Corp et al, New York State Supreme Court, New York County, No. 151136/2021.
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Smartmatic can pursue election-rigging claims against Fox News, Giuliani (Original Post)
Qutzupalotl
Mar 2022
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Qutzupalotl
(14,230 posts)1. This is in addition to the Dominion suit against Fox.
KS Toronado
(16,911 posts)3. Only $2.7 billion?
Go for more and bankrupt them, they need to be off the air.