Newsmax agrees to $67 million settlement with Dominion over 2020 voter fraud claims

Desmond Milligan · August 18

Newsmax, the conservative cable news channel loyal to President Trump, has agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $67 million to settle a lawsuit it brought against the network over its coverage of the 2020 election.

Dominion sued Newsmax in 2021 over a series of false claims alleging the company’s machines were manipulated to swing votes in former President Biden’s favor and against Trump in the 2020 election.

A judge in Delaware ruled in April the statements made on Newsmax’s air were defamatory, but a trial in the case was delayed for months.

The channel said Monday the settlement amount will be paid out in installments over three fiscal years, which it “expects to fund through revenues.”

“Newsmax believed it was critically important for the American people to hear both sides of the election disputes that arose in 2020,” the network said in a statement it published on its website Monday. “We stand by our coverage as fair, balanced, and conducted within professional standards of journalism.”

Newsmax, a smaller conservative media channel featuring a bevy of pro-Trump hosts, gained notoriety after the 2020 election after it was promoted by the president for its coverage his false claims of widespread voter fraud and the coronavirus pandemic.

Dominion was paid a separate, $787 million settlement in 2023 by Fox News, which it also sued over coverage of the 2020 election and Trump’s claims of voter fraud.

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