The conservative media network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, which accused the network of airing false claims about the company's role in President Donald Trump 's 2020 election loss. The settlement was disclosed Monday in documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the filing, the deal was reached Friday.

The agreement marks the latest high-profile defamation settlement tied to Trump's baseless allegations of election fraud. In 2023, Fox News Channel paid $787.5 million to Dominion to avoid trial. Newsmax itself had previously paid what court papers described as $40 million to Smartmatic, another voting machine company that was falsely accused of helping to rig the election.

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