Reuters: Judge questions Fox News bid to shake $2.7 billion Smartmatic election suit
A New York state judge on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward Fox Corp’s bid to dismiss Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit that accused Fox News hosts and guests of making defamatory claims about the voting technology firm during the network’s coverage of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
The judge inferred that Fox News did allow information on air that could impact Smartmatic’s reputation citing unproven claims the network aired from Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani. They also argued over several of the assertions made by a handful of Fox News personalities.
Connolly continues by pointing out all the flat-out lies that Dobbs made made on air about Smartmatic, about alleged ties to Dominion, foreign countries (Hugo Chavez) and so on. These were not assertions of opinion, argues Connolly. 9/
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