How election lies, libel law are key to Fox defamation suit
1 year, 11 months ago

How election lies, libel law are key to Fox defamation suit

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A major defamation lawsuit against Fox News goes to trial Tuesday, carrying the potential to shed additional light on former President Donald Trump's election lies, reveal more about how the right-leaning network operates and even redefine libel law in the U.S. ___ THE CASE Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox for $1.6 billion, claiming the news outlet repeatedly aired allegations that the company's voting machines were rigged to doom Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign while knowing they were untrue. ___ ELECTION DISCONNECT Denver-based Dominion has produced evidence that prominent people at Fox didn't believe the fraud allegations, even as the network gave Trump’s allies airtime to repeat them. The trial judge has scolded the network for 11th-hour disclosures about Murdoch’s role at Fox News and about some evidence involving Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo, including recordings of her talking off-camera with Trump’s lawyers.

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Court hearing centers on Newsmax CEO's role in spreading election-fraud claims
1 week, 2 days ago

Court hearing centers on Newsmax CEO's role in spreading election-fraud claims

NPR  

Court hearing centers on Newsmax CEO's role in spreading election-fraud claims toggle caption BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images/AFP WILMINGTON, Del. More than four years later, lawyers are still sparring over the role cable news executives like Newsmax's Christopher Ruddy played in broadcasting those claims, just as the company prepares to go public. Newsmax argues, much like Fox did, that Dominion's …

Trump baselessly accuses news media of ‘illegal’ behavior and corruption in DOJ speech
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump baselessly accuses news media of ‘illegal’ behavior and corruption in DOJ speech

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump launched some of his harshest attacks yet on the media on Friday, using a speech at the Department of Justice to baselessly accuse outlets including CNN of illegal and corrupt behavior. “The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and MSDNC, and the fake news, CNN and ABC, CBS and NBC, they’ll write whatever they say,” …

Fox News' Bret Baier Lets Donald Trump's Latest 2020 Election Lies Go Unchallenged
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Fox News' Bret Baier Lets Donald Trump's Latest 2020 Election Lies Go Unchallenged

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump once again spread lies about the outcome of the 2020 election — without any challenge. In an additional segment of his recent interview with Fox News broadcast on Monday evening, Trump was asked by interviewer Bret Baier to weigh in on how he could motivate Russian President Vladimir Putin to enter into a negotiation …

Special counsel report says Trump would’ve been convicted for Jan. 6 ‘unprecedented criminal effort’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Special counsel report says Trump would’ve been convicted for Jan. 6 ‘unprecedented criminal effort’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released Tuesday that he stands fully behind his decision to bring criminal charges that he believes would have resulted in a conviction had voters …

Ex-MSNBC host accuses right-wing host of 'rolling over for Trump' in heated debate
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Ex-MSNBC host accuses right-wing host of 'rolling over for Trump' in heated debate

Raw Story  

Former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan on Thursday slammed conservative host Piers Morgan on his own show, according to Mediaite, during a conversation about President-elect Donald Trump's lawsuits against news organizations like CBS and ABC. The MAGA leader sued ABC News last year after the network's George Stephanopoulos said on air: "Judges and two separate juries have found liable for rape …

Fox News headed for trial, again, over 2020 election fraud claims
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Fox News headed for trial, again, over 2020 election fraud claims

NPR  

Fox News headed for trial, again, over 2020 election fraud claims toggle caption Spencer Platt/Getty Images Fox News appears to be headed once more to court over the lies involving election fraud it aired about the 2020 presidential race. The same ruling also dismissed some counts against the network's parent company, Fox Corp. Pro-Trump Fox hosts including Maria Bartiromo and …

Fox loses appeal to duck $2.7 billion Smartmatic defamation suit
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Fox loses appeal to duck $2.7 billion Smartmatic defamation suit

Salon  

A New York appeals court has rejected Fox Corp.’s request to toss a $2.7 billion defamation suit from voting machine manufacturer Smartmatic. Smartmatic alleged in a suit that the Fox News parent company “effectively endorsed and participated in” a campaign suggesting that the voting machine company participated in election fraud by manipulating the results of the 2020 presidential election. Smartmatic …

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corp. must face 2020 election defamation lawsuit, appeals court rules
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corp. must face 2020 election defamation lawsuit, appeals court rules

CNN  

Washington CNN — A New York appeals court ruled Thursday that Fox Corporation must face Smartmatic’s mammoth defamation lawsuit over the airing of 2020 election lies on Fox News, dealing a blow to the Rupert Murdoch-controlled media giant. “As a report prepared by our financial expert shows, Smartmatic’s damages claims are implausible, disconnected from reality, and on their face intended …

Smartmatic makes big move to unseal secret Murdoch family succession drama
3 months ago

Smartmatic makes big move to unseal secret Murdoch family succession drama

Raw Story  

Behind the scenes, the family of right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch is in a battle over who will take over his media empire when he dies. The family drama that inspired the HBO show "Succession," is now sparking curiosity to one of the companies suing Fox News over its promotion of lies about the 2020 presidential election. CNN reported Friday …

The Murdoch family waged a secret court battle over succession. A voting machine company is trying to pry the case open
3 months ago

The Murdoch family waged a secret court battle over succession. A voting machine company is trying to pry the case open

CNN  

Washington CNN — Smartmatic, the voting technology company suing Fox News over its promotion of 2020 election lies, is trying to obtain evidence from the secret court battle between Rupert Murdoch and his children over the future of his right-wing media empire. The source said these documents could include transcripts of depositions or trial testimony from media mogul Rupert Murdoch …

Newsmax guest rips Trump for 'seeking attention' with 'frivolous' lawsuit against pollster
3 months, 1 week ago

Newsmax guest rips Trump for 'seeking attention' with 'frivolous' lawsuit against pollster

Raw Story  

President-elect Donald Trump was desperately "seeking attention" when he filed a "frivolous" lawsuit against a pollster who showed him losing Iowa this year, an attorney told a conservative news network Tuesday. In an interview on Newsmax, host Katrina Szish asked lawyer Chandelle Summer to comment after Trump sued pollster Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register. "I think this is, …

Trump sues Des Moines Register and top pollster for survey released the day before the election
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3 months, 1 week ago

Trump sues Des Moines Register and top pollster for survey released the day before the election

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump is suing the Des Moines Register, its top …

Fox News loses bid for Smartmatic voting-tech company’s records about Philippines bribery case
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Fox News loses bid for Smartmatic voting-tech company’s records about Philippines bribery case

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Smartmatic won’t be required to give Fox News a trove of information about U.S. federal charges against the voting machine company’s co-founder over alleged bribery in the Philippines, a judge ruled Thursday. Fox News and parent Fox Corp. sought the information to help fight Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation suit over broadcasts about the 2020 U.S. presidential election. …

Federal court dismisses defamation lawsuit against Fox News for Jan. 6 conspiracy theory
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4 months ago

Federal court dismisses defamation lawsuit against Fox News for Jan. 6 conspiracy theory

Associated Press  

CROTON, N.Y. — A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a former Donald Trump supporter who said he received death threats when the network aired false conspiracy theories about his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Raymond Epps, a former Marine, was falsely accused by Fox of being a government agent …

Former Trump supporter's January 6 defamation lawsuit against Fox News tossed by federal judge
4 months ago

Former Trump supporter's January 6 defamation lawsuit against Fox News tossed by federal judge

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. United States District Judge Jennifer L. Hall granted the right-wing network’s motion to dismiss …

Hunter Biden ‘whistleblower’ loses $30m defamation case against Fox host
4 months ago

Hunter Biden ‘whistleblower’ loses $30m defamation case against Fox host

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A New York federal court on Tuesday dismissed a $30m …

Federal judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against Fox News
4 months ago

Federal judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against Fox News

NPR  

Federal judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against Fox News toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP CROTON, N.Y. — A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a former Donald Trump supporter who said he received death threats when the network aired false conspiracy theories about his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Raymond Epps, a …

US judge dismisses 2020 election fraud, stolen classified documents cases against Donald Trump
4 months ago

US judge dismisses 2020 election fraud, stolen classified documents cases against Donald Trump

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: A US federal judge overseeing the case that alleged former president Donald illegally sought to overturn the 2020 election, has agreed to dismiss the charges following a request from special counsel Jack Smith, local media reported. Smith also told a US court of appeals that the special prosecutors are withdrawing their challenge against an earlier dismissial of the case …

A voting machine firm suing Fox News now wants to probe Murdoch family trust fight
4 months ago

A voting machine firm suing Fox News now wants to probe Murdoch family trust fight

Associated Press  

Lawyers for a voting machine company that’s suing Fox News want to question founder Rupert Murdoch about his contentious efforts to change his family trust, the attorneys told a court Monday. Election-tech company Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation suit regards Fox’s reporting on 2020 voting fraud claims. Fox News’ lawyers, meanwhile, want Smartmatic to provide records about a U.S. federal criminal …

After Trump's victory, U.S. election falsehoods shift left
4 months, 2 weeks ago

After Trump's victory, U.S. election falsehoods shift left

Raw Story  

Right-wing falsehoods about voter fraud fell off a cliff after Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. election, but American liberals took a page from their playbook to push wild conspiracy theories that have fueled doubt about the democratic process. "What we're seeing now is an uptick in election fraud claims from the left, particularly in the days following Election Day …

'He committed a bunch of crimes': Dem rips Fox News pundit for whining over Trump cases
4 months, 2 weeks ago

'He committed a bunch of crimes': Dem rips Fox News pundit for whining over Trump cases

Raw Story  

Fox News pundits battled Sunday over whether prosecutions of Donald Trump's alleged crimes should continue after he won the 2024 election. During a Fox News Sunday panel discussion, Fox News contributor Mollie Hemingway dismissed Democrats who are concerned about the cases against Trump "going away" after his presidential election. "No more of these political prosecutions designed to go after not …

'Driven by falsehoods': Ex-GOP operative shreds latest MAGA election lawsuits
5 months, 1 week ago

'Driven by falsehoods': Ex-GOP operative shreds latest MAGA election lawsuits

Raw Story  

The Guardian is reporting that Trump-aligned legal foundations are already throwing out a bevy of lawsuits that critics say are intended to lay the groundwork for challenging the 2024 election results should former President Donald Trump come up short. Many of the lawsuits center on baseless allegations of non-citizens voting in large numbers, such as one recently filed in Arizona …

Trump again ignores First Amendment and says news network should be investigated
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump again ignores First Amendment and says news network should be investigated

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I’ve never seen this before, but the producers of 60 Minutes sliced and diced …

Georgia Republicans tempt fate with new attacks on lawsuit-happy Dominion: report
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Georgia Republicans tempt fate with new attacks on lawsuit-happy Dominion: report

Raw Story  

Republicans in Georgia are once again launching attacks against Dominion Voting Systems — despite the fact that the company has successfully sued media entities such as Fox News for hundreds of millions of dollars. CNN reported Wednesday that "Republican Party officials and Donald Trump allies are trying to preemptively sow doubt about the viability of Dominion systems used across the …

Right-wing network Newsmax settles Smartmatic defamation lawsuit
6 months ago

Right-wing network Newsmax settles Smartmatic defamation lawsuit

LA Times  

Newsmax has settled a defamation lawsuit from voting machine company Smartmatic over the right-wing network’s false reporting on fraud claims in the 2020 presidential election. Smartmatic’s suit said Newsmax provided a platform for its hosts, Donald Trump and the former president’s attorneys and allies to falsely claim that the company’s software was manipulated to deliver the election for President Biden. …

Voting-tech company settles with right-wing network over false election claims
6 months ago

Voting-tech company settles with right-wing network over false election claims

NPR  

Voting-tech company settles with right-wing network over false election claims toggle caption Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Once more, a voting tech company has settled its defamation lawsuit over false allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election before the start of trial — in this instance, Smartmatic USA’s suit against the conservative network Newsmax. Dominion also is suing Newsmax in …

Trump won Tuesday’s debate like he won the 2020 election
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump won Tuesday’s debate like he won the 2020 election

Raw Story  

And he’s handling his debate loss the same way he handled his 2020 loss: by lying about it. When Harris named Trump’s military advisors who called Trump “a disgrace,” a threat to democracy and the military, including General Mark Milley, who Trump wants to execute, she looked directly at him. “Several House GOP lawmakers … acknowledged Trump ‘missed’ opportunities during …

Newsmax wants to 'roll the bones' on taking false voting claims to court: Legal expert
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Newsmax wants to 'roll the bones' on taking false voting claims to court: Legal expert

Raw Story  

Right-wing cable news network Newsmax wants to take a chance on going to trial for voting equipment company Smartmatic's defamation suit — and it is unlikely to end well for them, a former federal prosecutor said Friday. "Newsmax doesn't want to retract the lies and pay damages; instead they'll roll the bones in court & hope against hope they can …

Trump repeats false claims over 2020 election loss, deflects responsibility for Jan. 6
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump repeats false claims over 2020 election loss, deflects responsibility for Jan. 6

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump persisted in saying during the presidential debate that he won the 2020 election and took no responsibility for any of the mayhem that unfolded at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the building to block the peaceful transfer of power. In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes to …

Fox News attacks Biden for warning of Russian interference in U.S. election
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Fox News attacks Biden for warning of Russian interference in U.S. election

Raw Story  

Fox News personalities cried foul after reports said President Joe Biden would warn of Russian interference in U.S. elections. On Wednesday, Fox News host Harris Faulkner confirmed that Biden intended to address Russia's "sustained effort" to influence the 2024 presidential election by using state-run media. Hilton said that similar warnings about Russia's influence in the 2016 election amounted to "total …

Trump fumes over embarrassing claims he was cut off by Fox News while ranting about Harris speech
7 months ago

Trump fumes over embarrassing claims he was cut off by Fox News while ranting about Harris speech

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A seemingly rattled Donald Trump fumed on Truth Social after …

Ex-Fox News host accuses Kellyanne Conway of ‘sabotage’ against Trump
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-Fox News host accuses Kellyanne Conway of ‘sabotage’ against Trump

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A former Fox News host has accused Kellyanne Conway and …

Trump claims ‘big win’ after judge rejects ABC News attempt to dismiss defamation suit
8 months ago

Trump claims ‘big win’ after judge rejects ABC News attempt to dismiss defamation suit

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump will be allowed to sue ABC News and …

Hunter Biden drops lawsuit against Fox News hours after his father Joe dropped out of 2024 race
8 months, 1 week ago

Hunter Biden drops lawsuit against Fox News hours after his father Joe dropped out of 2024 race

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hunter Biden has dropped his lawsuit against Fox News just …

'They have no shame!' Trump melts down on Fox News in new flurry of attacks
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'They have no shame!' Trump melts down on Fox News in new flurry of attacks

Raw Story  

In less than 24 hours Donald Trump has launched multiple attacks on Fox News over their choice of guests while lumping them in with his usual targets as "fake news." immediately followed by, "EVERY ONE OF THE LAWSUITS I AM INVOLVED WITH, INCLUDING THE CIVIL SCAMS, WERE STARTED BY CROOKED JOE BIDEN AND HIS FASCIST GOVERNMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ELECTION …

Hunter Biden Sues Fox News Over ‘The Trial Of Hunter Biden’
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Hunter Biden Sues Fox News Over ‘The Trial Of Hunter Biden’

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Hunter Biden is suing Fox News for airing and promoting a “mock trial” series that includes photographs and video of him nude and engaging in sex acts, which he says violates state civil and criminal “revenge porn” laws because they were shared without his permission. In the suit, filed Sunday in New York, Biden claims that “The …

Hunter Biden sues Fox News over mock trial program
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Hunter Biden sues Fox News over mock trial program

LA Times  

Hunter Biden is suing Fox News over a fictional series that depicted a mock trial playing out his legal troubles. Biden’s lawsuit asserts that Fox News defamed him in a six-part series shown on its streaming platform Fox Nation called “The Trial of Hunter Biden: A Mock Trial for the American People.” The 2022 series featured Judge Joe Brown, a …

Voting tech company scores win in lawsuit against Fox News: report
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Voting tech company scores win in lawsuit against Fox News: report

Raw Story  

Smartmatic, the voting company accused of manipulating the 2020 election tally for President Joe Biden, subpoenaed four Fox Corp. board members as part of its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News. “The Board members witnessed Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch’s control of Fox News; exchanged relevant emails that Smartmatic has used in depositions and will mark as trial exhibits; attended …

Fox News 'feast of disinformation' on Trump trial will come back to bite GOP: Morning Joe
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Fox News 'feast of disinformation' on Trump trial will come back to bite GOP: Morning Joe

Raw Story  

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough warned Republicans that Fox News "disinformation" about Donald Trump's criminal convictions would hurt their election chances later this year. A Manhattan jury convicted the former president on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to cover up other crimes, and the "Morning Joe" host said he and Mika Brzezinski, his wife and co-host, watched some of the …

Analysis shows Trump's escalated talk of a 'rigged' 2024 election
10 months ago

Analysis shows Trump's escalated talk of a 'rigged' 2024 election

Raw Story  

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has cast doubt on the fairness of the 2024 presidential election result significantly more than he had by this time in 2016 or 2020, according to an analysis published Friday in The New York Times. In the 2024 cycle, Donald Trump has escalated his accusations that Democrats are trying to rig or interfere with the …

Newsmax accused of "evidence destruction" in lawsuit over 2020 election lies
10 months, 1 week ago

Newsmax accused of "evidence destruction" in lawsuit over 2020 election lies

Salon  

Smartmatic, the firm that produced voting machines for the 2020 election, is accusing Newsmax of destroying key evidence in their ongoing defamation lawsuit against the right-wing network for claiming that Smartmatic helped "rig" the votes for Joe Biden, NBC News reports. Smartmatic's filing refers to a series of text exchanges between Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy and Trump attorney Sidney Powell, …

Columnist warns of true meaning behind favorite GOP soundbite
10 months, 1 week ago

Columnist warns of true meaning behind favorite GOP soundbite

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results are the focus of two of the four criminal indictments he is facing — one being prosecuted by special counsel Jack Smith for the U.S. Department of Justice and the other by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for the State of Georgia. But despite all those criminal …

'Propaganda arm alert': Fox News accused of colluding with Trump on experts during trial
10 months, 2 weeks ago

'Propaganda arm alert': Fox News accused of colluding with Trump on experts during trial

Raw Story  

Historian and authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat is sounding the alarm over the fact that Fox News appears to be coordinating with former President Donald Trump on his trial defense talking points. This comes after Media Matters for America's Matt Gertz noted that at 9:18 am, Trump proclaimed that law professor Jonathan Turley and former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy are "great …

Trump to blame for Hunter Biden 'revenge' campaign that could cost Fox News: D.C. insider
11 months ago

Trump to blame for Hunter Biden 'revenge' campaign that could cost Fox News: D.C. insider

Raw Story  

Hunter Biden has escalated his legal battle against Fox News for publishing intimate photos and reporting he had taken illegal bribes, and MSNBC's Claire McCaskill said Donald Trump was ultimately to blame for the network's coverage. Lawyers for President Joe Biden's son plan to sue the network "imminently," according to a letter sent to Fox News demanding retractions, corrections and …

Hunter Biden plans lawsuit against Fox News amid ‘conspiracy of disinformation’
11 months ago

Hunter Biden plans lawsuit against Fox News amid ‘conspiracy of disinformation’

Raw Story  

Attorneys for Hunter Biden have notified Fox News he plans to sue the right-wing cable TV network and its digital entities, after lawyers for the President's son spent more than a year investigating. The letter, NBC News reports, is dated last week and specifically points to alleged bribery allegations as well as "Fox’s airing of 'intimate images' belonging to Hunter …

"Conspiracy of disinformation": Hunter Biden plans to sue Fox News over false bribery allegations
11 months ago

"Conspiracy of disinformation": Hunter Biden plans to sue Fox News over false bribery allegations

Salon  

Hunter Biden intends to sue Fox News over its airing of bribery allegations against him that are rooted in claims from a discredited Russian agent, NBC News reported Monday. The arrest of an FBI informant appeared to show that the corruption claims against Hunter Biden are rooted in Russian disinformation. Mark Geragos, a lawyer for Hunter Biden, said Republicans' reliance …

How Fox News is lying about Trump’s trial
11 months ago

How Fox News is lying about Trump’s trial

Raw Story  

David Pecker, long-time publisher of the National Enquirer and Donald Trump’s bosom buddy, spent hours on the witness stand in Manhattan last week. Trump, Pecker and Cohen paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to “kill” news that could hurt Trump’s campaign, without reporting those payments to the Federal Election Commission as the campaign contributions they were. He said he told …

Voting technology company settles lawsuit against far-right news outlet over 2020 election claims
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Voting technology company settles lawsuit against far-right news outlet over 2020 election claims

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A voting technology company targeted by bogus fraud claims related to the 2020 presidential election settled a defamation lawsuit Tuesday against a conservative news outlet. The settlement between Florida-based Smartmatic and One America News Network is the latest development in a larger legal pushback by voting equipment companies that became ensnared in wild conspiracy theories falsely claiming they …

Smartmatic settles defamation suit against right-wing network OAN for false voting fraud claims
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Smartmatic settles defamation suit against right-wing network OAN for false voting fraud claims

LA Times  

Voting machine equipment company Smartmatic has settled its lawsuit against San Diego-based right-wing cable channel One America News Network, which it accused of airing false allegations of voter fraud during coverage of the 2020 presidential election. Boca Raton, Fla.-based Smartmatic has filed several lawsuits against conservative outlets that aired former President Trump’s false claims of voter fraud and assertions that …

Trump revamps $475 million 'Hitlerian' defamation lawsuit against CNN: report
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Trump revamps $475 million 'Hitlerian' defamation lawsuit against CNN: report

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump is trying again to sue CNN for $475 million over "Hitlerian" terms he says they unfairly used against him in their post-2020 election coverage, according to a new report. They argue CNN unfairly linked Trump to “ongoing false claims of knowing lies and misleading Nazi linkage throughout the defendant’s programming.” Judge Singhal ruled the comments did …

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