Fox News Loses Last-Ditch Effort to Stop Massive $2.7B Defamation Suit

A New York appeals court on Thursday rejected Fox New’s request to have Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against the network dismissed. The UK-based voting machinery company filed the suit in 2023, citing the network’s repeated attempts to bolster President-elect Donald Trump’s false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, reported Reuters. Fox has maintained that it should not be liable for repeating the claims made by Trump’s...