Newsmax to Pay $67 Million to Settle Dominion Case on 2020 Vote

A Newsmax sign during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee in 2024.

(Bloomberg) -- Newsmax agreed to pay $67 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems Inc. alleging that the conservative media outlet spread lies about its voting machines during the 2020 presidential election.

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The news network will stagger the payments over three fiscal years, including the current one, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing by Newsmax.

Newsmax and Dominion Voting didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.

Dominion sued Newsmax in 2021 accusing the news network of spreading false claims that Joe Biden’s presidential win against Donald Trump was rigged and that the voting-machine company participated in the fraud. Newsmax has denied that it defamed the company.

The settlement follows resolutions of other defamation cases brought by voting machine companies claiming that conservative news networks damaged their reputation with their false claims about a rigged 2020 presidential election.

Fox News in 2023 agreed to pay Dominion $787.5 million without admitting wrongdoing. Voting technology company Smartmatic Corp. last year settled its defamation case against Newsmax.

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