FILE - This Sept. 16, 2019, record photograph shows a Dominion Voting strategy successful Atlanta, Ga. Dominion Voting Systems filed defamation lawsuits Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, against right-wing broadcasters and a salient Donald Trump state implicit their baseless claims that the 2020 predetermination was marred by fraud. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

FILE - This Sept. 16, 2019, record photograph shows a Dominion Voting strategy successful Atlanta, Ga. Dominion Voting Systems filed defamation lawsuits Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, against right-wing broadcasters and a salient Donald Trump state implicit their baseless claims that the 2020 predetermination was marred by fraud. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

PHOENIX – Vote-counting instrumentality shaper Dominion Voting Systems filed defamation lawsuits Tuesday against right-wing broadcasters and a salient Donald Trump state implicit their baseless claims that the 2020 predetermination was marred by fraud.

The suits azygous retired Newsmax, One America News, their executives and the erstwhile Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne. Dominion says their mendacious claims that the institution rigged the predetermination for President Joe Biden person outgo it $1.6 cardinal successful mislaid profits, institution worth and reputational damage.

“We are filing these 3 cases contiguous due to the fact that the defendants named amusement nary remorse, nor immoderate motion they mean to halt spreading disinformation,” Dominion CEO John Poulos said successful a statement.

Dominion filed defamation suits earlier this twelvemonth against Fox News and Trump allies Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow.

One of the nation's starring providers of vote-counting machines and software, Dominion has faced a barrage of claims by Trump allies and supporters, including that the institution was created successful Venezuela to rig elections for the precocious person Hugo Chavez and that it has the quality to power votes.

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Dominion says OAN and Newsmax trumpeted those mendacious claims to boost their ain profits astatine Dominion's expense.

Law enforcement and predetermination efforts, including Trump's lawyer general, Bill Barr, person confirmed that determination was nary predetermination fraud capable to sway the results.

Byrne and OAN laminitis Charles Herring did not instantly respond to messages seeking comment.

Brian Peterson, a spokesperson for Newsmax, said the company's 2020 predetermination sum was based connected allegations made by the president, his advisers and members of Congress.

“Dominion's enactment contiguous is simply a wide effort to squelch specified reporting and undermine a escaped press,” Peterson said successful a statement.

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