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The Guardian - US
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Sam Levine in New York

Voting equipment company Smartmatic settles defamation lawsuit with far-right network

a person in a dark striped suit holds a microphone and inserts a sheet of paper into a small black machine
A Smartmatic representative demonstrates his company's system on 30 August 2018 in Grovetown, Georgia. Photograph: Bob Andres/AP

The voting equipment company Smartmatic has agreed to settle a defamation lawsuit with the far-right One America News Network (OAN) over lies broadcast on the network about the 2020 election.

Erik Connolly, a lawyer for Smartmatic, confirmed the case had been settled, but said the details were confidential. Attorneys for Smartmatic and OAN notified a federal judge in Washington on Tuesday that they were agreeing to dismiss the case, which Smartmatic filed in 2021.

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