Smartmatic Sues Fox News & Hosts Lou Dobbs, Jeanine Pirro & Maria Bartiromo For $2.7 Billion
Legal experts are weighing in on Smartmatic voting system’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News and hosts Lou Dobbs, Jeanine Pirro and Maria Bartiromo. Experts believe it poses a real danger to the media company. CNN legal analyst Ellie Honig claimed that “this lawsuit is a legitimate threat — a real threat.” Nonetheless, Fox News remains firm in its stance that the suit is “meritless.” However, many experts have endorsed the legitimacy of the suit, and dismissed the notion that it could merely be a “nuisance suit.” “Libel suits against media organizations are typically filed on a slippery s...