Smartmatic has pointed to claims made by Newsmax hosts, including Chris Salcedo, who told his audience that “they’ve got a backdoor software built in,” and Michelle Malkin, who claimed that ...

Voting technology company Smartmatic and conservative cable channel Newsmax have reached a settlement, averting a defamation trial that would have begun Monday over allegations that Newsmax ...

WILMINGTON, Del.— A high-stakes court case scheduled to begin this month will finally test whether a television network can be held liable for making statements about the 2020 election that a ...

The cable news channel reached a settlement with voting machine company. On the brink of trial, the cable news channel Newsmax on Thursday reached a settlement with voting machine company ...

A settlement was reached Thursday in a defamation lawsuit brought by electronic voting machine manufacturer Smartmatic against conservative news outlet Newsmax for airing accusations about vote ...

The settlement comes as jury selection was underway Thursday ahead of trial in the case set to start next week. Smartmatic sued Newsmax, along with a host of other conservative media companies and ...

The 2024 presidential election is approaching, but the legal battle over how the 2020 race was covered by right-wing channel Newsmax isn't going away quietly. On Sept. 30, Newsmax will head into a ...

WILMINGTON - Newsmax Media reached a confidential settlement of a lawsuit by Smartmatic, the voting machine maker that had alleged it was defamed by the news outlet's false claims that its ...

The pro-Trump cable outlet Newsmax and voting technology company Smartmatic settled a major defamation lawsuit Thursday in a last-minute agreement, averting a high-stakes trial over the ...

Newsmax reached a deal with Smartmatic just ahead of the right-wing media outlet’s trial for allegedly defamatory reporting on the voting technology company’s performance in the 2020 ...