{"id":866610,"date":"2025-08-20T21:13:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T02:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/newsmax-settles-with-dominion-voting-systems-owes-67-million-for-claiming-2020-election-fraud\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T21:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T02:13:03","slug":"newsmax-settles-with-dominion-voting-systems-owes-67-million-for-claiming-2020-election-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/newsmax-settles-with-dominion-voting-systems-owes-67-million-for-claiming-2020-election-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsmax Settles With Dominion Voting Systems-Owes $67 Million For Claiming 2020 Election Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n

Topline<\/h2>\n

Newsmax confirmed<\/a> Monday it will pay $67 million to settle Dominion Voting Systems\u2019 defamation case arguing the conservative news network knowingly made false claims about Dominion\u2019s voting machines, the latest in a string of high-dollar settlements paid out by companies who falsely linked voting machines to fraud in the 2020 election\u2014just as President Donald Trump continues to push the claims.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

News anchors work at Newsmax’s booth during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on July 16, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

AFP via Getty Images<\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Key Facts<\/h2>\n
\n

Newsmax said it will pay $67 million to Dominion Voting Systems in installments over the next three years\u2014far lower than the $1.6 billion the voting machine company sought in damages when it initially sued Newsmax in 2021.<\/p>\n

Dominion sued Newsmax alleging the right-wing news network pushed claims tying the company\u2019s voting machines to election fraud despite knowing those claims were false, one of a number of lawsuits brought by Dominion and rival voting company Smartmatic following the 2020 election.<\/p>\n

The case had been set to go to trial, with the Delaware judge overseeing the case finding<\/a> in April that Newsmax made false claims about Dominion and broadcast information about the voting company that \u201cwould likely cause reasonable viewers to think significantly less favorably about Dominion than if the viewers knew the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newsmax said Monday it still denies its reporting was defamatory, claiming its reporting was \u201cfair\u201d and \u201cbalanced\u201d and the network \u201cbelieved it was critically important for the American people to hear both sides of the election disputes that arose in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n

The network decided to settle the case because it determined the court overseeing the case \u201cwould not provide a fair trial wherein the company could present standard libel defenses to a jury,\u201d Newsmax claimed Monday.<\/p>\n

The settlement comes after Newsmax also settled<\/a> Smartmatic\u2019s case against the news network in September 2024 for an undisclosed amount, which was later revealed<\/a> to be $40 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Big Number<\/h2>\n

More than $800 million. That\u2019s how much Dominion has won as a result of settlements in its defamation cases, including the voting company\u2019s $787.5 million<\/a> settlement with Fox News.<\/p>\n

News Peg<\/h2>\n

News of the multimillion-dollar settlement came hours after President Donald Trump continued<\/a> to assert claims about voting machines being tied to election fraud, despite those claims repeatedly proven as false. The president claimed<\/a> on Truth Social on Monday he would \u201clead a movement\u201d against mail-in ballots and some voting machines, which he claimed without evidence are \u201cHighly \u2018Inaccurate,\u2019 Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial.\u201d Court filings in Special Counsel Jack Smith\u2019s prosecution against Trump for trying to overturn the 2020 election\u2014which has now been dropped\u2014previously suggested<\/a> Trump privately does not believe the fraud claims regarding voting machines. The president allegedly \u201cmocked\u201d claims made by attorney Sidney Powell tying voting machines to fraud, Smith claimed, with Trump likening the fraud claims to \u201cStar Trek.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key Background<\/h2>\n

Figures on the right including Powell and attorney Rudy Giuliani made broad claims tying voting machines to fraud in the aftermath of the 2020 election, despite those claims being false with no credible evidence to back them up. Dominion and Smartmatic then filed a series of lawsuits<\/a> taking aim at companies and individuals who spread the false claims, seeking damages upward of $1 billion. In addition to Newsmax and Fox News, the voting companies also brought litigation against One America News Network, Powell, Giuliani, former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. None of the cases brought by Dominion and Smartmatic directly have yet gone to trial: Dominion\u2019s cases against Fox and Newsmax and Smartmatic\u2019s cases against Newsmax and OANN were all settled before trials could begin. Ex-Dominion employee Eric Coomer\u2019s defamation case against Lindell, which focused on defamatory claims made about Coomer specifically, did go to trial earlier this summer, with a jury ruling<\/a> in June that Lindell is liable for defamation and must pay Coomer $2.3 million in damages.<\/p>\n

Which Dominion And Smartmatic Cases Are Still Moving Forward?<\/h2>\n

Dominion\u2019s cases against OANN, Giuliani, Powell, Lindell and Byrne are all still moving forward, with Giuliani\u2019s case resuming<\/a> last fall after being briefly put on hold during the ex-Trump attorney\u2019s bankruptcy proceedings. Smartmatic is also still suing Giuliani, Lindell and Powell, as well as Fox News. That dispute could go to trial<\/a> next year, should a settlement not be reached first.<\/p>\n

Further Reading<\/h2>\n

Forbes<\/span>Trump Announces \u2018Movement\u2019 Against Mail-In Ballots \u2018Scam\u2019<\/span>By Sara Dorn<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Forbes<\/span>Smartmatic Settles With Newsmax: Here\u2019s Where It And Dominion\u2019s Other Lawsuits Stand<\/span>By Alison Durkee<\/span><\/small><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Read More<\/a>
\n Alison Durkee, Forbes Staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Topline Newsmax confirmed Monday it will pay $67 million to settle Dominion Voting Systems\u2019 defamation case arguing the conservative news network knowingly made false claims about Dominion\u2019s voting machines, the latest in a string of high-dollar settlements paid out by companies who falsely linked voting machines to fraud in the 2020 election\u2014just as President Donald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":866611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45489,3596],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-866610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsmax","category-settles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}