Newsmax Reaches Confidential Settlement with Smartmatic, Avoiding High-Stakes Defamation Trial Over 2020 Election Claims

Sep 26, 2024, 07:57 PM

Newsmax has settled a defamation lawsuit brought by Smartmatic, a voting technology company, over false claims made about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The confidential settlement was reached as the trial was set to begin, avoiding a high-stakes and expensive proceeding. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Smartmatic accused Newsmax of airing conspiracy theories that the company helped rig the election in favor of Joe Biden. Smartmatic highlighted that 'lying to the American people has consequences.'