Overview

• Newsmax disclosed the agreement in an SEC filing, noting the deal was reached Friday and that it has already paid a $27 million first tranche, with two additional payments due over the next two years.
• Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis had determined that Newsmax defamed Dominion and that Dominion presented clear and convincing evidence the claims were false, leaving the question of intent for a jury that will not be convened.
• Newsmax denied liability, argued it would not receive a fair trial, and defended its coverage as fair, balanced and professional.
• Newsmax previously settled a separate defamation case with Smartmatic for $40 million, while Fox News paid Dominion $787.5 million in 2023 and still faces a Smartmatic lawsuit in New York.
• President Trump has called for abolishing mail-in ballots and voting machines like Dominion’s, even as officials and court findings have found no evidence of widespread fraud in 2020.