US EditionFox News can get Smartmatic records about Philippines bribery case, court rules
- A court in New York has allowed Fox News to obtain certain internal documents from Smartmatic as part of its defense in a $2.7 billion defamation case related to the network's coverage of alleged election fraud in 2020.
- The ruling reversed previous denials of Fox's requests for records related to a federal inquiry into alleged Smartmatic corruption in the Philippines.
- The federal inquiry led to criminal charges accusing Smartmatic executives of conspiring to pay over $1 million in bribes from 2015 to 2018 to secure business there.
- Smartmatic alleges Fox's false coverage on 2020 election fraud caused significant business harm, with lawyer Erik Connolly calling Fox's "campaign of lies the number-one cause of Smartmatic's injuries."
- The court found the documents relevant to Smartmatic’s lost profits, and Fox News said it sought them as part of its defense against the defamation claims.
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Fox News gets Smartmatic records
NEW YORK — Fox News can get access to some internal documents at the voting-technology company Smartmatic as part of its effort to defend itself against a $2.7 billion civil defamation lawsuit over its coverage of claims of voting fraud during the 2020 presidential election, a New York appeals court ruled Tuesday. The documents concern a US corruption case about Smartmatic's dealings in the Philippines. The opinion reversed a lower-court judge's…
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Fox News can get Smartmatic records about Philippines bribery case, court rules
A New York appeals court says Fox News can get access to some internal documents at the voting-technology company Smartmatic as part of its effort to defend itself against a $2.7 billion civil defamation lawsuit over its coverage of claims of voting fraud during the 2020 presidential election.
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DailyTruthReportSmartmatic suffers huge setback in New York court
Smartmatic’s dreams of a big settlement payday from Fox News suffered a big blow Tuesday when a New York judge ordered the company to produce real evidence it suffered any actual economic harm from the allegedly disparaging remarks made by on-air Fox News talent after the 2020 elections. The judge’s order comes just weeks after Fox News filed a motion to end the lawsuit on the grounds that Smartmatic did not have a good reputation worth anything…
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