Smartmatic accused Newsmax of falsely reporting that its technology "rigged" the 2020 presidential election for Biden over Trump.

Conservative cable channel Newsmax paid $40 million to settle a 2020 election defamation lawsuit brought by voting systems software provider Smartmatic out of court, a new filing shows. The

Newsmax paid $40 million to settle election systems company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit last year, according a recent regulatory filing made by the media outlet. When the settlement was announced last year,