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The voting technology company Smartmatic agreed Tuesday to settle its lawsuit against the conservative cable television network One America News over its coverage of the 2020 election.
The terms of the settlement, including any compensation involved, were not announced.
“Smartmatic has resolved its litigation against OANN through a confidential settlement,” Smartmatic’s lead attorney, J. Erik Connolly, said in a written statement. Charles L. Babcock, an attorney representing OANN, confirmed the case was settled but provided no further details.
Smartmatic, headquartered in Florida, filed a lawsuit against OANN in November 2021, accusing the conservative network of airing “unproven or disproven allegations of voting fraud” by attorneys associated with Donald Trump.
The voting company filed similar lawsuits against Fox News and Newsmax, and both those cases are still ongoing, the Washington Post explained.
Smartmatic argued that their involvement in the 2020 election was very limited, as its technology was only used in Los Angeles County, and claimed that the conservative networks’ misinformation coverage damaged its reputation and caused long-lasting financial harm.
The report also notes that Dominion Voting Systems also filed lawsuits over conservative media coverage about 2020 voting fraud allegations. A lawsuit against Fox News was settled last year for a whopping $787.5 million, and a lawsuit against Newsmax is expected to go to trial in the fall of this year.
The voting technology company Smartmatic agreed Tuesday to settle its lawsuit against the conservative cable television network One America News over its coverage of the 2020 election. https://t.co/41sMVqRMHr
— The Liberal Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 16, 2024
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