Newsmax Settles Smartmatic Defamation Case Surrounding 2020 Election Claims, Avoiding a Trial

The agreement was struck shortly before a trial was set to begin.

Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP
A Smartmatic representative demonstrates his company's system. Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP

The conservative television network Newsmax settled a defamation lawsuit brought against it by voting machine company Smartmatic hours before the trial involving claims about the 2020 election was set to begin.

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