Election technology company Smartmatic today filed a defamation lawsuit against three Fox News hosts and two former Trump lawyers, seeking $2.7 billion (about $76.18 billion) for falsely accusing the company of fraud in last November’s presidential election.
The Associated Press reported that Smartmatic CEO Antonio Mugica said the false messages against the company had long led to the termination of the company’s account by a foreign bank and deterred potential customers in Taiwan from using the company’s electronic voting system.
Smartmatic said a number of customer contracts are in jeopardy and it expects to lose a significant $690 million in profits over the next five years, and it also expects to have to increase its budget by $4.7 million to counteract the so-called “surge” in cyberattacks.
Smartmatic filed a complaint today in New York State Court naming as defendants media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Corporation, Fox News and three hosts, Maria Bartiromo, Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro. Pirro).
In addition, former President Trump’s lawyer, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell were also named as defendants. Powell, who was a lawyer for the Trump campaign, previously claimed that there was a problem with the voting machine that switched votes for Trump to Biden (Joe Biden).
AFP reports that the complaint states that the Democratic Party’s Biden and Kamala Harris won the 2020 U.S. presidential and vice presidential elections and that “the election was not stolen, rigged or modified. These are facts, testable and irrefutable.”
Smartmatic’s 285-page complaint states that the defendants “knew these facts all along,” but they “decided to tell everyone that the election was stolen” and “made Smartmatic is the bad guy in their story,” the suit says.
The suit says that Fox News broadcast 13 stories stating and implying that Smartmatic stole the election and that Smartmatic technology was used in all six states where the election results were disputed.
The suit states that Smartmatic’s voting technology and software was in fact only made available to Los Angeles County, California, and that county officials praised the system’s performance.
The lawsuit lists 16 counts of defamation and disrepute against the defendants and seeks $2.7 billion in economic damages and punitive damages.
FOSS News Media denies the allegations and states, “FOSS News Media provides complete content in every story with in-depth reporting and clear opinions. We are proud of our performance in covering the 2020 election and will fight this meritless lawsuit in court.”
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