: The 2020โข presidential election is history, โฃbut a legal dispute overโฃ Fox News‘ reporting on President Trump’s false claims of voter fraud is heating upโ [[3]]. A motion for summary judgment โby voting equipmentโ company Smartmatic filedโ tuesday in New York supreme Court โฃlaid out in detail howโค phony allegations that it manipulated votesโ to swing the election to Joe Biden were amplified onโ Fox News [[1]].The motion alsoโฃ described how theโ Fox News Media hosts who are defendants in the suit โ- Lou Dobbs, Jeanine Pirro and Maria Bartiromo โฃof Fox Business – were allegedly committed toโฃ helping Trump prove his fraud theories soโ he could โremain in office. Smartmatic isโค suing Fox news for $2.7 billion in damages, claiming โขthat the network’s airing of the false statements hurt the London-based company’s ability to expandโข its business in the U.S. Fox News settled a similar suit from Dominion โฃVoting Systems for $787.5 million in 2023. Fox News maintainsโ the network’sโ reporting on President Trump’s false claims were newsworthy and protected by the 1st Amendment [[2]].
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