NBC News reports:
Smartmatic alleges that Newsmax has destroyed evidence in the voting machine company’s lawsuit against the right-wing news channel over false claims that Smartmatic helped “rig” the 2020 election, according to court documents made public this week.
Lawyers for Florida-based Smartmatic allege that Newsmax engaged in a “cover-up” by destroying texts and emails of key executives that would demonstrate the network’s knowledge that voting fraud claims being pushed by former President Donald Trump and his allies were untrue.
Smartmatic says the deletions occurred after Newsmax had received notice to preserve evidence for the pending suit.
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Voting machine firm Smartmatic alleges Newsmax has deleted evidence in lawsuit over false vote-rigging claims https://t.co/78l196Y8wA
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