Newsmax paid $40 million to settle election systems company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit last year, according a recent regulatory filing made by the media outlet. When the settlement was announced last year,

Newmax agreed to pay Smartmatic $40 million as part of a settlement last year following the voting technology company’s election defamation lawsuit against the right-wing news outlet, according to a new regulatory filing.

Right wing news network Newsmax reached a confidential settlement with voting tech firm Smartmatic in September 2024, the full amount of which was revealed this week in a public regulatory filing. Newsmax revealed in the filing that they paid $40 million to Smartmatic as well as offered the firm 2,