A new batch of text messages and emails have emerged in newly unredacted filings in Smartmatic ‘s defamation lawsuit against Fox, including ones showing then-network host Jeanine Pirro ‘s desire to boost Donald Trump ‘s prospects in the 2020 presidential election.

Smartmatic is suing Fox for its amplification of claims that it was involved in rigging the 2020 presidential election. In its challenge to the lawsuit, Fox is contending that it was merely covering an issue of national importance, while blasting the election systems company’s claim of $2.7 billion in damages.

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In a September, 2020 text message that Pirro sent to Ronna McDaniel, who was then chair of the Republican National Committee, the Fox News host wrote, “I work s

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