Voting company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against MyPillow and CEO Mike Lindell can move forward, a judge ruled.
“a reasonable jury could find Byrne acted with actual malice” in spreading provably false assertions about Dominion.$1.6 billion. That’s approximately how much Dominion is asking for in damages against Byrne, OANN, Newsmax, Fox News and Fox Corp. Its lawsuits against Powell, Giuliani and Lindell are each seeking $1.3 billion in damages. Smartmatic’s Fox News lawsuit is seeking $2.7 billion in damages, but its OANN, Newsmax and Lindell complaints do not specify exact figures.
Fox News said in aafter the Smartmatic ruling that it was “grateful” the court dismissed the charges against Pirro but would “immediately” appeal the decision, as well as file a counterclaim “to prevent the full-blown assault on the First Amendment which stands in stark contrast to the highest tradition of American journalism.
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