Fox News Loses Effort to Dodge Smartmatic Suit Over Election
- Judge tosses out claims against Sidney Powell, Jeanine Pirro
- Some claims against Rudolph Giuliani also were dismissed
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A New York judge ruled that a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit can proceed against Fox News over false claims the network aired about Smartmatic Corp.’s role in the 2020 election.
The ruling Tuesday by Justice David Cohen in Manhattan wasn’t a total win for Smartmatic. The state court judge threw out Smartmatic’s individual claims against former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell and Fox on-air personality Jeanine Pirro, as well as some claims against Rudy Giuliani, a longtime attorney for former President Donald Trump.