Fox News 'ready to defend' against suit brought by 2nd voting machine company

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A day after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to Dominion, Fox officials said the network will be 'ready to defend' itself against a similar suit from Smartmatic.

The legal team representing FOX News leave the Leonard Williams Justice Center where Dominion Voting Systems was suing FOX News for defamation after a settlement was reached, Apr. 18, 2023, in Wilmington, Delaware.brought by Dominion Voting Systems, a Fox spokesperson said Wednesday that the network will be "ready to defend" itself against a similar suit from a second voting machine company.

"Smartmatic remains committed to clearing its name, recouping the significant damage done to the company in more than 50 countries, and holding Fox accountable for undermining democracy," the statement from Smartmatic's attorney, J. Erik Connolly, said. Smartmatic, based in Florida, is suing Fox News, Fox hosts Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, former Fox host Lou Dobbs, and Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani for $2.7 billion. The suit was filed in February 2021.

"We've got some other people who have some accountability coming towards them," Stephen Shakelford, Dominion's attorney, said following the Fox News settlement Tuesday. "We're not done yet."that Dominion had rigged the 2020 presidential election in Joe Biden's favor, in what Dominion claims was an effort to combat concerns over declining ratings and viewer retention.

 

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