Smartmatic, Fox News Each Get Wins In Defamation Suit

By Henrik Nilsson (January 24, 2024, 11:45 PM EST) -- A New York state judge handed Smartmatic and Fox News a win each in separate rulings Wednesday in a $2.7 billion defamation suit, holding the voting company must face counterclaims that the suit chills free speech but refused to toss Smartmatic's allegations that Fox Corp. exercised control over allegedly harmful news coverage during the 2020 election....

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