Fox News Media hosts Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro were named, along with lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell.
An election technology company has filed a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News and several of the network’s most prominent commentators, alleging that they “decimated” the company’s business by accusing it of helping to steal the Nov. 3. election from former president Donald Trump.
Smartmatic filed the nearly 300-page lawsuit against the network and its parent company, Fox Corporation, in New York State Supreme Court on Thursday, after weeks of legal threats against the network.
“Fox is responsible for this disinformation campaign, which has damaged democracy worldwide and irreparably harmed Smartmatic and other stakeholders who contribute to modern elections,” Smartmatic chief executive Antonio Mugica said in a statement announcing the lawsuit. Continue reading.