NEW YORK — Fox News concurred Wednesday to hand over thousands of files to ballot device business Smartmatic, which is takinglegalactionagainst the network for characterassassination in a case comparable to Dominion Voting Machines’ just-settled suit.
Smartmatic states Fox bears monetary duty for airing incorrect claims that the business rigged the 2020 governmental election versus previous President Donald Trump.
Last week, Fox concurred to pay Dominion almost $800 million to avoid a trial, although the supreme expense to the media business is mostlikely to be much lower.
Smartmatic desires a $2.7 billion judgment, which far surpasses the $1.6 billion Dominion lookedfor in its fit. No date hasactually been set, and the case may not go to court for a couple of years.
Smartmatic stated in court filings that Fox “slow-rolled its production” of records and other product that were produced throughout the Dominion fit, and that Smartmatic had got simply a little portion of the more than 52,000 files it askedfor as part of the discovery procedure.