Voting technology company settles lawsuit against far-right news outlet over 2020 election claims

A voting technology company targeted by bogus fraud claims related to the 2020 presidential election has settled a defamation lawsuit against a conservative news outlet. The settlement reached Tuesday between Florida-based Smartmatic and One America News Network is the latest development in a larger legal pushback by voting equipment companies that became ensnared in wild conspiracy theories falsely claiming they had flipped votes and cost former President Donald Trump reelection. The news outlet said it does not typically comment on legal issues and declined to respond further. Smartmatic technology was used only in Los Angeles County, a Democratic stronghold in a state that was not a presidential battleground.