A defamation law firm representing Dominion Voting Systems has sent letters to conservative news outlets Fox News, Newsmax and One America News warning them of their intention to take legal action over the false and bizarre allegations of electoral fraud that they ether all over the company.
Powerful libel attorney Tom Clare, of the aggressive law firm Clare Locke, told The Daily Beast that he has fired legal letters to Newsmax, Fox and OAN on behalf of Dominion Voting Systems, predicting that the case will end in court.
“I think it is fair to say that we will pull the trigger for several litigation in January. The damage they have done has already been enormous, ”he said of the networks that broadcast blatant falsehoods about voter fraud.
“The time for a withdrawal is not now, it was weeks ago. I’m sure a withdrawal won’t reverse the damage, but it’s the right choice regardless of the lawsuit, ”he added.
Representatives for Newsmax and OAN did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A Fox News spokesperson pointed out to The Daily Beast an interview the network did with a Dominion representative who told anchor Eric Shawn that it was “physically impossible” to switch voices.
Communications with the Trump incentive networks come on the heels of similar letters sent to White House counsel Pat Cipollone and President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. Clare Locke told the White House and Giuliani to preserve all data pertaining to Dominion, which was central to Trump’s baseless conspiracies about widespread electoral fraud.
“What this company is going through in terms of the threats to its business as a result of the reputational damage that no company should suffer,” added Clare.
“You have demonstrable false allegations that have been rejected by the courts time and time again, with no evidence ever produced and massive damage.”
On Tuesday, a Dominion executive filed his own separate lawsuit against Giuliani, former Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell, One America News, Newsmax, and other right-wing outlets, accusing conspiracy lawyers and networks of causing “untold harm” on their behalf. ” falsified “election claims. Dominion is not part of that series.
Dominion’s director of product strategy and safety, Eric Coomer, who is seeking damages and a public withdrawal from all parties, says his lawsuit is “an attempt to minimize the damage done to me, my family, my life, and my livelihood. as a result of myriad false public statements that I was somehow responsible for ‘manipulating’ the 2020 presidential election. “
Dominion is not the only voting machine company threatening legal action against conservative media for oxygenating Powell and Giuliani’s baseless claims that millions of Trump’s votes have been “stolen” over a nefarious international plot involving corrupt voting software.
Smartmatic, accused of collaborating with long-dead dictator Hugo Chavez and liberal philanthropist George Soros, sent letters to Fox News, Newsmax and OAN demanding a full retraction of claims made on their airwaves. Fox and Newsmax would eventually run multiple segments in their programs to debunk the false election claims about the company.
One America News, meanwhile, has declined to issue corrections or clarifications and has continued to air segments and reports claiming that both voting system firms may have turned votes to President-elect Joe Biden.