A $787.5 million settlement won’t be enough to make Smartmatic, the other election systems company suing Fox News for defamation, drop its lawsuit.
Smartmatic already sees Dominion'swith Fox News, which was brokered in the final hours before the start of trial, as an advantage in their case. Fox agreed to pay Dominion what is believed to be the largest dollar amount in a defamation case settlement, and acknowledged in a statement that it spread 2020 election lies on air. Smartmatic is making similar claims against Fox.
But in addition to wanting a bigger settlement than Dominion got, Connolly is also seeking a “full retraction” from Fox—the kind of admission of wrongdoing that Dominion tried, and failed, to get for itself as part of its deal, as theSmartmatic’s case against Fox was always lurking behind the battle with Dominion. Almost immediately after news of Dominion's settlement broke, Connolly was out with a statement.
Notably, Connolly told CNN that Smartmatic is not eager to settle at all: they are “looking to take this case through trial” and want “the vindication of a jury verdict in their favor.” “We will be ready to defend this case surrounding extremely newsworthy events when it goes to trial, likely in 2025,” a Fox News spokesperson said in a statement.
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