Smartmatic isn't charged in the criminal case, and Smartmatic attorneys have said the matter was irrelevant to the defamation suit.
Voting machine firm Smartmatic, suing Fox News, wants to probe Murdoch family trust
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Smartmatic claimed that Newsmax program hosts and guests made false and defamatory statements in November and December 2020 implying that Smartmatic participated in rigging the results and that its software was used to switch votes.
Newsmax, Smartmatic reach settlement in 2020 election defamation case
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