After a defamation lawsuit was brought by voting machine company Smartmatic against conservative cable outlet OAN in 2021, the case has been settled.
An attorney for the right-wing outlet stated “The case has been resolved pursuant to a confidential agreement,” on Tuesday afternoon, according to a report from CNN’s Oliver Darcy.
After the 2020 presidential election was won by Joe Biden, conservative media organizations like Fox News, Newsmax, and OAN made claims or allowed claims from guests and contributors suggesting that companies like Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems had tampered with and interfered with the election. Famously, Dominion won a $787.5 million settlement from Fox News for its false claims.
While it has settled with OAN, Smartmatic is still in the midst of litigation against Fox News and Newsmax, as well as other pro-Trump figures.
The lawsuit is the latest settled by the network. In September of last year, it came to terms to end a lawsuit brought by former Dominion Voting Systems executive Eric Coomer.
As the case with Smartmatic comes to a close, OAN is still facing a separate defamation lawsuit from Dominion.
