Dominion sues Newsmax, One America News over election fraud claims

[Nevilledog]

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Jan Wolfe
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Aug 10, 2021
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To recap, Dominion Voting has now brought billion-dollar defamation lawsuits against:

- Fox News
- OAN
- Newsmax
- Sidney Powell
- Rudy Giuliani
- Patrick Byrne
- Mike Lindell

Jan Wolfe
@JanNWolfe

Dominion sues Newsmax, One America News over election fraud claims
Dominion Voting Systems on Tuesday sued two conservative media networks, One America News Network and Newsmax Media Inc, saying they defamed the U.S. voting machine company by spreading false claims...
reuters.com
7:46 AM · Aug 10, 2021

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/dominion-sues-newsmax-one-america-news-network-others-over-election-claims-wsj-2021-08-10/

Aug 10 (Reuters) - Dominion Voting Systems Corp on Tuesday sued two conservative media networks, One America News Network and Newsmax Media Inc, saying they defamed the U.S. voting machine company by spreading false claims that it rigged the 2020 election against then-U.S. President Donald Trump.

Dominion also filed a lawsuit making similar allegations against businessman Patrick Byrne, the former chief executive of online retailer Overstock.com Inc (OSTK.O).

The lawsuits are the latest legal actions taken by Denver-based Dominion against Trump allies that amplified false theories about the firm.

In each of the three lawsuits filed on Monday, Dominion is seeking more than $1.6 billion in damages, citing lost profits and other harms.

In a statement, Newsmax said, "While Newsmax has not reviewed the Dominion filing, in its coverage of the 2020 Presidential elections, Newsmax simply reported on allegations made by well-known public figures, including the President, his advisors and members of Congress — Dominion’s action today is a clear attempt to squelch such reporting and undermine a free press."

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[dalton99a]

1. About time.

[EYESORE 9001]

2. I thought they'd already filed against that rogue's gallery of nefarious scum

Shows how little I know.

[nycbos]

3. Maybe they are additional suits to the original ones?

Or many they are updating the allegations in the legal briefs.

[Nevilledog]

5. These are new lawsuits. Originally OAN & Newsmax ran retractions

Guess they figured they couldn't exist without continuing the Big Lie

I love this from the OAN complaint:

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[brooklynite]

4. I thought Newsmax caved and was continually disclaiming on-air conspiracy theories about Dominion

[Nevilledog]

6. They did for a time.

Heck, OAN is a major funder of the Arizona fraudit.