Voting company Smartmatic filed a jaw-dropping $2.7 billion defamation suit against Fox News parent company Fox Corporation, Rudy Giuliani, and Sidney Powell. Smartmatic alleges the trio knowingly engaged in a disinformation campaign to make money from the election. The lawsuit insinuates that each party knew Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the election and used the controversy to tarnish Smartmatic’s reputation for profit.
The Daily Wire reports:
“In their story, Smartmatic was a Venezuelan company under the control of corrupt dictators from socialist countries,” the company’s complaint says. “In their story, Smartmatic’s election technology and software were used in many of the states with close outcomes. And, in their story, Smartmatic was responsible for stealing the 2020 election by switching and altering votes to rig the election for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.”
“Defendants’ story was a lie. All of it. And they knew it. But, it was a story that sold. Millions of individuals who saw and read Defendants’ reports believed them to be true,” it continues. “Smartmatic and its officers began to receive hate mail and death threats. Smartmatic’s clients and potential clients began to panic. The company’s reputation for providing transparent, auditable, and secure election technology and software was irreparably harmed. Overnight, Smartmatic went from an under-the-radar election technology and software company with a track record of success to the villain in Defendants’ disinformation campaign.”
“Smartmatic’s loss was Defendants’ gain. Fox News used the story to preserve its grip on viewers and readers and curry favors with the outgoing administration – one of their anchors was even able to get a pardon for her ex-husband,” the complaint says. “Ms. Powell used the story to raise money and enrich herself. Mr. Giuliani used the story to guarantee himself a flow of funds from the sitting President and to sell products. Defendants knew the story could not change the outcome of the election. It could, and did, make them money.”
Fox News rebutted the voting company’s claims, telling The New York Times through a spokeswoman: “Fox News Media is committed to providing the full context of every story with in-depth reporting and clear opinion. We are proud of our 2020 election coverage and will vigorously defend this meritless lawsuit in court.”
Smartmatic’s lawsuit closely follows a similar suit by Dominion Voting Systems against pro-Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell. [Related: Dominion Voting Systems Hits Giuliani with $1.3B Defamation Suit]
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