Newsmax pays Dominion $67 million to settle lawsuit over MAGA network’s election lies

Newsmax pays Dominion million to settle lawsuit over MAGA network’s election lies

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Newsmax has agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $67 million to settle the voting software firm’s defamation lawsuit over the right-wing network’s promotion of baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.

The settlement was first revealed in a financial filing on Monday, noting that the company came to terms with the conservative channel last week. Newsmax has agreed to pay $27 million to Dominion this month and an additional $40 million over the next two years.

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