Fox News Media abruptly ousts longtime anchor Maria Bartiromo Bartiromo had been a host at the network for more than a decade and Fox gave no explanation for the decision The Guardian - US · Sep 3
Trump-backed Mike Lindell says he’s ready to spend $1M for vote recount despite losing Minnesota gov race by 11 points Election-denying ‘My Pillow’ founder, who can’t cover court fees in Smartmatic defeat, is trying to self-fund a recount of the Minnesota primary he lost by a wide margin The Independent UK · Aug 20
MyPillow’s Mike Lindell is running for governor of Minnesota. He’s not even registered to vote for himself Lindell, who was born and raised in Minnesota, moved to Texas for one year between 2024 and 2025 but has since moved back The Independent UK · Jul 20
Trump Revives Venezuela Election Claims After Declassifying Intelligence Documents, Prompting New Fact Checks President Donald Trump reignited one of the most controversial narratives surrounding U.S. elections Thursday night by pointing to newly declassified intelligence documents involving Venezuela as evidence that American voting systems remain vulnerable, a claim that immediately drew pushback from news organizations, election security experts and Democratic officials. Latin Times · Jul 17
What Trump's newly declassified documents reveal about threats to US elections US President Donald Trump on Thursday released a cache of declassified documents as evidence to highlight the vulnerabilities in the American election systems. The Times of India · Jul 17
What do Trump’s declassified election conspiracy documents show — and how much was known already? Newly published materials largely rehash previous intelligence while president fails to offer evidence of fraud that cost him 2020 The Independent UK · Jul 17
Trump-backed judge rips MyPillow’s Mike Lindell in election lawsuit and fines him for not paying ordered money Mike Lindell unsuccessfully countersued Smartmatic and was ordered to pay $56,369 in attorney fees – which he had not done as of the end of March The Independent UK · Apr 8
Voting Machine Company Smartmatic's Defamation Suit Against Ex-Trump-Lawyer Sidney Powell Can Go Forward From Judge Carl Nichols' opinion Monday in Smartmatic USA Corp. v. Powell (D.D.C.): Smartmatic USA Corp. [and related companies] sued… The post Voting Machine Company Smartmatic's Defamation Suit Against Ex-Trump-Lawyer Sidney Powell Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Feb 11
MyPillow founder Mike Lindell officially announces run for Minnesota governor Lindell stated he plans to ‘leave no town unturned in Minnesota’ The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2025
Murdochs blessed Fox News plan to air 2020 election fraud claims, Smartmatic alleges In key hearing in defamation case, Fox counters that network simply covered allegations by Trump associates The Guardian - US · Dec 3, 2025
Tucker Carlson called Trump a ‘total piece of s***’ after 2020 election, according to lawsuit Remarks by conservative commentator revealed in filings from Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, his former employer, over its coverage of president’s claims Joe Biden’s win was achieved by fraud The Independent UK · Nov 25, 2025
What happened at Fox News after the 2020 election? Documents reveal new details Tens of thousands of documents were released as part of Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against the network The Guardian - US · Nov 24, 2025
Fox Corp chief told Sean Hannity that Trump could not go on air in 2020 if he attacked network Even before the 2020 election, tensions were high between Fox News executives and Trump, new documents show The Guardian - US · Nov 24, 2025
Trump’s DoJ investigating unfounded claims Venezuela helped steal 2020 election Exclusive: Discredited election-rigging conspiracy theory could strengthen Trump’s military action against Maduro The Guardian - US · Nov 21, 2025
The Guardian - US · Oct 17, 2025 Fox News employees expressed concerns network was intentionally aiding Trump, legal filings reveal Survey responses cited in $2.7bn defamation lawsuit filed against Fox by voting technology company Smartmatic
The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025 US prosecutors say Smartmatic executives bribed officials for $1M contract in the Philippines Federal prosecutors have charged voting technology firm Smartmatic with money laundering and other crimes arising from more than $1 million in bribes several executives allegedly paid to election officials in the Philippines
The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2025 Fox News executives called Jeanine Pirro a ‘reckless maniac’ while she still worked at network Former anchor provided cause for concern among studio bosses who worried about what she might say on air about Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat, court filings show
The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025 MAGA channel One America News, once under threat of extinction, reaches ‘long-term carriage deal’ with YouTube TV The launch of OAN and AWE on YouTube TV is scheduled to take place in the fourth quarter of 2025
The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025 Voting machine company linked to Trump conspiracy used LA funds to create slush fund for bribing officials: prosecutors Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems were both falsely accused of being part of a conspiracy to steal the 2020 election and have settled lawsuits against media networks for propagating such stories
The Guardian - US · Aug 20, 2025 New allegations against Smartmatic executive in company’s voting machine contract with LA county US government is seeking to show a pattern of corruption among Smartmatic executives that allegedly involved bribes and money laundering, new court filing shows
The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025 Bombshell texts reveal Jeanine Pirro is no fan of Sean Hannity, alleging he storms into the Oval Office ‘like he owns the place’ Former conservative anchor turned D.C. Attorney derided colleague’s entitlement on visit to White House
The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025 Jeanine Pirro says the quiet part out loud and admits to helping Trump and Republicans as a Fox News host ‘I work so hard for the party across the country,’ Pirro reportedly told then-Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel in September 2020.
The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2025 Newsmax reacts to its $67 million Dominion settlement by urging businesses to leave Delaware The right-wing network also urged viewers to visit its ‘Invest in Newsmax’ website to ‘take a look’ at ‘additional information’ about the company
The Guardian - US · Aug 18, 2025 Newsmax to pay $67m to Dominion to settle US election defamation lawsuit Settlement came as case was headed to trial for jury to consider if conservative outlet was liable for damages
The Independent UK · Jun 25, 2025 Former Venezuela spymaster pleads guilty to narcoterrorism charge ahead of trial A former Venezuelan spymaster who was close to the country’s late President Hugo Chávez has pleaded guilty to narco-terrorist charges