Fox News agreed to hand over more documents in a $2.7 billion lawsuit filed by voting company Smartmatic, after lawyers for the voting company claimed some records were missing, CNN
Wednesday, as Fox prepares for another high-profile defamation case after the company settled a separate lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.just-settled defamation lawsuit between Dominion Voting Machines to another voting technology firm, Smartmatic.Fox News’ attorney agreed to hand over depositions, transcripts and exhibits related to the recently settled Dominion case, and documents from Fox Corporation chair Rupert Murdoch, his son and CEO of Fox Corp.
Fox News of not properly disclosing Rupert Murdoch’s position at the network. That revelation led a Delaware judge to sanction Fox for withholding evidence.Smartmatic sued Fox News, as well as its anchors Maria Bartiroromo and Jeanine Pirro and former anchor Lou Dobbs, in New York state court in February 2021.
Giuliani, Powell, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and fellow conservative news networks OANN and Newsmax. In the case against Fox, Smartmatic is seeking $2.7 billion in damages.Last week, Dominion Voting Systems settled a separate defamation lawsuit against Fox News for $787.5 million. In that case, Dominion accused Fox, and several of the network’s hosts—including Tucker Carlson, who left the network Monday—of broadcasting conspiracy theories about the voting machine company.
against Fox News management after the 2020 election, writing, “Those f***ers are destroying our credibility.”