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The overwhelming majority of the lawsuit against Fox News by Smartmatic has been filed under seal, leaving little information available for the public to follow. That changed with a filing this week, ...

Smartmatic has told the court that it supports transparency and believes most, if not all, of the information should be unredacted and available to the public. Fox has not.

Smartmatic’s filing stems from the defamation lawsuit against Fox over its promotion of false claims about the company’s role in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

BOCA RATON, Fla., June 18, 2025--Smartmatic today presented overwhelming evidence that Fox not only defamed the company, but did so knowingly and deliberately, at the direction of Rupert Murdoch ...

Smartmatic is seeking $2.7 billion in damages and has vowed to take Fox to trial. The case follows Fox’s record-setting $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in 2023.

Smartmatic asked the judge overseeing the case to tell the eventual jury that Fox destroyed evidence, and that they can assume that the evidence would’ve hurt Fox’s defense.

Smartmatic wants an even bigger payday than Dominion Voting Systems, which was similarly smeared by Fox News and settled a defamation lawsuit with the network in 2023 for a whopping $787 million.