Defamation Case Against Fox News Highlights Role of Its Hosts in Promoting 2020 Election Falsehoods

In short: Fox let Trump aides spread conspiracy theories despite knowing they were false because it was what their viewers wanted to hear.

Conservative Network Newsmax Agrees To Pay $67M in Defamation Case Over Bogus 2020 Election Claims

Judge Eric Davis had ruled earlier that Newsmax did indeed defame Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems by airing false information about the company and its equipment.

Jury Finds MyPillow Founder Defamed Former Employee for a Leading Voting Equipment Company

It ordered Lindell and his online media platform to pay Coomer $2.3 million in damages.

Former Elections Worker’s Lawsuit Says She Was Fired for Speaking Out About Threats

A lawyer who worked as a polling center supervisor during elections spoke in 2022 during a panel discussion on the streaming show “The Problem with Jon Stewart.”

Voting Tech Firm, Conservative Outlet Reach Settlement in Election Defamation Case

The confidential settlement was announced just a few hours after jury selection began in the lawsuit filed by Florida-based Smartmatic against Newsmax.

WABC Radio Suspends Rudy Giuliani for Discussing Discredited 2020 Election Claims

Giuliani, who claims he was unaware of the ban prior to his suspension, said the station’s ban is overly broad and “a clear violation of free speech.”

Voting Tech Company Settles Lawsuit Against Far-Right News Outlet Over Election Claims

It is the latest development in a larger legal pushback by voting equipment companies ensnared in wild conspiracy theories following the 2020 presidential election.

Rudy Giuliani Files for Bankruptcy Days After $148 Million Defamation Order

Declaring bankruptcy likely will not erase the millions he was ordered to pay for making false statements about the election workers in Georgia.