Newsmax to Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Voting Case (1)

Newsmax agreed to pay $67 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems Inc. alleging that the conservative media outlet spread lies about its voting machines during the 2020 presidential election.

The news network will stagger the payments over three fiscal years, including the current one, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Newsmax. The company denied it defamed the voting machine company.

“Newsmax believed it was critically important for the American people to hear both sides of the election disputes that arose in 2020,” the company said in a statement posted on its website on Monday. “We stand by our coverage as fair, balanced, and conducted within professional standards of journalism.”

Dominion Voting didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

Dominion sued Newsmax in 2021 accusing the news network of spreading false claims that Joe Biden’s presidential win against Donald Trump was rigged and that the voting-machine company participated in the fraud.

The settlement follows resolutions of other defamation cases brought by voting machine companies claiming that conservative news networks damaged their reputation with their false claims about a rigged 2020 presidential election.

Fox News in 2023 agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million without admitting wrongdoing. Voting technology company Smartmatic Corp. last year settled its defamation case against Newsmax.

(Updates with Newsmax statement.)

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