By Helen Coster - Electronic voting systems maker Smartmatic on Thursday sued Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News cable network and Rudolph Giuliani, a lawyer for former President Donald Trump, claiming they defamed the company by falsely accusing it of helping to rig the U.S. presidential election in favor of Joe Biden. The suit, filed in New York County Supreme Court, also names as defendants - Reuters

Voting Company Smartmatic Sues Fox News, Giuliani, Sidney Powell For Defamation

Voting machine company Smartmatic filed a lawsuit Thursday against Fox News and several of its top stars, along with Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, for pushing a false conspiracy theory involving the company’s machines, becoming the second voting company to seek retribution against the far right f...

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