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Newsmax and Smartmatic settle 2020 US election defamation lawsuit
Pair reach agreement days before case, filed after rightwing network aired false voter claims, was due to go to trial
The voting machine company Smartmatic and the conservative outlet Newsmax have settled a closely watched defamation lawsuit days before it was set to go to trial in Delaware.
A spokesman for the Delaware courts said the case had been settled on Thursday. He did not offer additional details. The trial was set to begin in Wilmington on Monday.
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