Egregious lies about the 2020 presidential election are going to cost Newsmax $67 million. To avert a high-stakes trial, the right-wing cable channel has agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $27 million this month and another $40 million in the next two years.

The agreement marks the latest high-profile defamation settlement tied to Trump's baseless allegations of election fraud. In 2023, Fox News Channel paid $787.5 million to Dominion to avoid trial. Newsmax itself had previously paid what court papers described as $40 million to Smartmatic,

Voting machine company Dominion has settled its defamation lawsuit against conservative media outlet Newsmax for $67 million, according to an SEC filing from the outlet.