A New York judge allows Fox Corp. to move forward with defamation claims against Smartmatic's $2.7 billion lawsuit, enabling Fox to contend that Smartmatic's lawsuit suppresses free speech.

A New York judge has allowed Fox Corp. to proceed with its claims that Smartmatic Corp.'s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against it for alleged false accusations of election rigging in 2020 exaggerates the financial harm suffered. Fox will be allowed to argue that Smartmatic's lawsuit aims to suppress its free speech rights. This decision comes ahead of a trial where Fox is also facing a $1.6 billion defamation suit from another voting machine company, Dominion Voting Systems Inc.

January 24, 2024
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