A voting technology company is suing Fox 온라인 바카라 게임, three of its hosts and two former lawyers for former President Donald Trump 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell 바카라 게임 웹사이트� for $2.7 billion, charging that the defendants conspired to spread false claims that the company helped 바카라 게임 웹사이트�steal바카라 게임 웹사이트� the U.S. presidential election.The 285-page complaint filed Thursday in New York state court by Florida-based Smartmatic USA is one of the largest libel suits ever undertaken. On Jan. 25, a rival election-technology company 바카라 게임 웹사이트� Dominion Voting Systems, which was also ensnared in Trump's baseless effort to overturn the election 바카라 게임 웹사이트� sued Guiliani and Powell for $1.3 billion.Unlike Dominion, whose technology was used in 24 states, Smartmatic's participation in the 2020 election was restricted to Los Angeles County, which votes heavily Democratic.Smartmatic's limited role notwithstanding, Fox aired at least 13 reports falsely stating or implying the company had stolen the 2020 vote in cahoots with Venezuela's socialist government, according to the complaint. This alleged 바카라 게임 웹사이트�disinformation campaign바카라 게임 웹사이트� continued even after then-Attorney General William Barr said the Department of Justice could find no evidence of widespread voter fraud.For instance, a Dec. 10 segment by Lou Dobbs accused Smartmatic and its CEO, Antonio Mugica, of working to flip votes through a non-existent backdoor in its voting software to carry out a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�massive cyber Pearl Harbor," the complaint alleged.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Defendants바카라 게임 웹사이트� story was a lie," the complaint stated. "But, it was a story that sold.바카라 게임 웹사이트�The complaint also alleges that Fox hosts Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro also directly benefitted from their involvement in the conspiracy. The lawsuit alleges that Fox went along with the 바카라 게임 웹사이트�well-orchestrated dance바카라 게임 웹사이트� due to pressure from newcomer outlets such as 온라인 바카라 게임max and One America 온라인 바카라 게임, which were stealing away conservative, pro-Trump viewers.Fox 온라인 바카라 게임 Media, in a statement on behalf of the network and its hosts, rejected the accusations. It said it is proud of its election coverage and would defend itself against the 바카라 게임 웹사이트�meritless바카라 게임 웹사이트� lawsuit in court.Fox "is committed to providing the full context of every story with in-depth reporting and clear opinion,바카라 게임 웹사이트� the company said in a written statement.Giuliani and Powell did not immediately respond to requests for comment.For Smartmatic, the effects of the negative publicity were swift and devastating, the complaint alleges. Death threats, including against an executive바카라 게임 웹사이트�s 14-year-old son, poured in as Internet searches for the company surged, Smartmatic claims.With several client contracts in jeopardy, the company estimates that it will lose as much as $690 million in profits over the next five years. It also expects it will have to boost spending by $4.7 million to fend off what it called a 바카라 게임 웹사이트�meteoric rise바카라 게임 웹사이트� in cyberattacks.바카라 게임 웹사이트�For us, this is an existential crisis,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Mugica said in an interview. He said the false statements against Smartmatic have already led one foreign bank to close its accounts and deterred Taiwan, a prospective client, from adopting e-voting technology.Like many conspiracy theories, the alleged campaign against Smartmatic was built on a grain of truth. Mugica is Venezuelan and Smartmatic바카라 게임 웹사이트�s initial success is partly attributable to major contracts from Hugo Chávez's government, an early devotee of electronic voting.No evidence has emerged that the company rigged votes in favor of the anti-American firebrand, and for a while the Carter Center and other observers held out Venezuela as a model of electronic voting. Meanwhile, the company has expanded globally.Smartmatic is represented by J. Erik Connolly, who previously won what's believed to be the largest settlement in American media defamation, at least $177 million, for a report on ABC 온라인 바카라 게임 describing a company's beef product as 바카라 게임 웹사이트�pink slime.바카라 게임 웹사이트�바카라 게임 웹사이트�Very rarely do you see news organization go day after day after day the same targets," Connolly said in an interview. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�We couldn't possibly have rigged this election because we just weren't even in the contested states to do the rigging.바카라 게임 웹사이트�