US EditionFox News can get Smartmatic records about Philippines bribery case, court rules
- On Tuesday, an appellate court in New York granted Fox News access to certain internal documents from Smartmatic related to a U.S. Corruption investigation involving the company's operations in the Philippines.
- Fox News seeks these records to defend against Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit over Fox's coverage of 2020 election fraud claims.
- The documents pertain to a U.S. Investigation that resulted in criminal accusations against Smartmatic co-founder Roger Piñate and two additional executives, who are alleged to have paid more than $1 million in bribes between 2015 and 2018.
- Smartmatic’s lawyer Erik Connolly argued that Fox’s false statements were the primary reason for the company’s harm, while the network maintains it covered significant allegations and contends Smartmatic has exaggerated its damages.
- The ruling allows Fox to explore how the Philippines indictment affected Smartmatic’s business, which is relevant to its lost profits in the ongoing defamation case.
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Fox News gets Smartmatic records
NEW YORK — Fox News can get access to some internal documents at the voting-technology company Smartmatic as part of its effort to defend itself against a $2.7 billion civil defamation lawsuit over its coverage of claims of voting fraud during the 2020 presidential election, a New York appeals court ruled Tuesday. The documents concern a US corruption case about Smartmatic's dealings in the Philippines. The opinion reversed a lower-court judge's…
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