After FOX News, it’s Newsmax’s turn to pay in the Dominion case

After the landmark 2023 settlement forcing Fox News to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787 million for disseminating false information about the 2020 presidential election, a similar new court case has just concluded.

The multimillion-dollar settlement came as President Donald Trump continued to make false claims about voting machine fraud.

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This time, conservative TV network Newsmax is being forced to pay a hefty sum, as it is also accused of intentionally spreading false claims about Dominion's voting machines during the same election.

Newsmax has agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $67 million in installments over three years, far less than the $1.6 billion claimed in the original complaint in 2021.

Newsmax explained that it had agreed to a settlement on the grounds that it would not have received a fair trial, while continuing to deny that its reporting had been defamatory.

In September 2024, the channel had already reached a similar agreement with Smartmatic for $40 million.

It's also worth remembering that three close Trump allies have been sued for defamation by Dominion Voting Systems: Rudy Giuliani, whose proceedings have been suspended due to bankruptcy and no trial date has been set, Sidney Powell, who reached an out-of-court settlement in June 2024 for a confidential amount.

Mike Lindell, sentenced in June 2025, was forced to pay $2.3 million.