Smartmatic sues Fox, Giuliani, Powell over election fraud claims
The lawsuit claims Fox News and its hosts allegedly aired 13 reports falsely stating or implying that Smartmatic stole the 2020 vote with Venezuela's government.
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The lawsuit claims Fox News and its hosts allegedly aired 13 reports falsely stating or implying that Smartmatic stole the 2020 vote with Venezuela's government.
A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. “This is the definition of defamation.” That’s what CNN senior legal analyst Laura Coates told Erin Burnett Thursday night when discussing Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, three of the network’s hosts (Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and Jeanine Pirro), Rudy Giuliani, and Sidney Powell. “When you are making statements that are knowingly false, and you make them with malice, and you actually tarnish reputations and it has a financial consequence — that’s why you have de...
The 285-page complaint filed Thursday in New York state court by Florida-based Smartmatic USA is one of the largest libel suits ever undertaken.
Feb 5, 2021 MIAMI (AP) — A voting technology company is suing Fox News, three of its hosts and two former lawyers for former President Donald Trump — Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell — for $2.7 billion, charging that the defendants conspired to spread false claims that the company helped “steal” the U.S. presidential election. The 285-page complaint filed Thursday in New York state court by Florida-based Smartmatic USA is one of the largest libel suits ever undertaken. On Jan. 25, a rival election-technology company — Dominion Voting Systems, which was also ensnared in Trump’s b...
National Friday, February 5, 2021 at 12:37 pm | כ"ג שבט תשפ"א MIAMI (AP) - Friday, February 5, 2021 at 12:37 pm | כ"ג שבט תשפ"א Rudy Giuliani, then-attorney for President Donald Trump, outside the White House in July. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) A voting-technology company is suing Fox News, three of its hosts and two former lawyers for former President Donald Trump — Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell — for $2.7 billion, charging that the defendants conspired to spread false claims that the company helped steal the U.S. presidential election. The 285-page complaint f...