Newsmax Settles with Dominion for $67M
Newsmax Settles with Dominion for $67M
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Newsmax has agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $67 million to settle a lawsuit it brought against the network over its coverage of the 2020 election.
The channel said Monday the settlement amount will be paid out in installments over three fiscal years, which it “expects to fund through revenues.”
Earlier today, Trump unveiled plans to sign an executive order claiming to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections” by banning both mail-in voting and electronic tabulation machines.
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A judge in Delaware ruled in April the statements made on Newsmax’s air were defamatory, but a trial in the case was delayed for months.
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“Newsmax believed it was critically important for the American people to hear both sides of the election disputes that arose in 2020,” the network said in a statement it published on its website Monday.
“We stand by our coverage as fair, balanced, and conducted within professional standards of journalism.”
“I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly ‘Inaccurate,’ Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial VOTING MACHINES,” Trump declared on Truth Social.
“WE WILL BEGIN THIS EFFORT, WHICH WILL BE STRONGLY OPPOSED BY THE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE THEY CHEAT AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE, by signing an EXECUTIVE ORDER to help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections,” Trump went on.
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Dominion sued Newsmax in 2021 over a series of false claims alleging the company’s machines were manipulated to swing votes in former President Biden’s favor and against Trump in the 2020 election.
Dominion was paid a separate, $787 million settlement in 2023 by Fox News, which it also sued over coverage of the 2020 election and Trump’s claims of voter fraud.
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