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Fox And Smartmatic Seek Summary Judgments In Latest Filings In Defamation Case
Smartmatic and Fox News are each asking a New York judge to rule in their favor in the election systems company’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against the network. Smartmatic sued the network four years ago, claiming that its hosts and guests amplified claims that the company was involved in rigging the 2020 presidential election. Fox […]
Smartmatic’s attorneys wrote, “Under the guise of ‘respecting the audience,’ and cynical justification of ‘newsworthiness,’ Fox News systematically promoted the inflammatory and false narrative that Smartmatic—smeared as a dirty Venezuelan company—had deployed software throughout the United States to steal votes from President Trump.” Smartmatic also argued that they should be granted summary judgment on whether Fox engaged in “actual malice,” the high threshold that public figure plaintiffs have to clear for proving defamation claims. In the months leading up to that case’s 2023 trial date, a trove of discovery emails and other internal documents were made public, drawing headlines as it showed that major Fox figures had doubts over claims by Trump and his allies that the election was stolen from him.
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