The Propaganda FilesNewsmax Admits 'No Evidence' for Its Voting-Machine Claims
After Election Day, Newsmax aired repeated claims that Dominion and Smartmatic manipulated votes and that Dominion employee Eric Coomer rigged machines.
The claims served President Trump's narrative that the 2020 election was stolen.
What was reported
After Election Day, Newsmax aired repeated claims that Dominion and Smartmatic manipulated votes and that Dominion employee Eric Coomer rigged machines.
What actually happened
Facing Smartmatic's legal demand, Newsmax aired a clarification in December 2020 saying it had no evidence the companies were linked or manipulated votes, and that Smartmatic is a U.S. company not owned by Venezuela or tied to George Soros. In April 2021 it published a retraction and apology to Coomer. It later settled with Smartmatic in 2024 and Dominion in 2025.
The proof
Newsmax's own on-air clarification and its written retraction and apology to Coomer.
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Newsmax Admits 'No Evidence' for Its Voting-Machine Claims — Retracted. Newsmax's own on-air clarification and its written retraction and apology to Coomer. Full file: https://www.thepropagandafiles.com/case/newsmax-dominion-smartmatic-coomer/
Original reporting
- Secondary: Wikipedia, Newsmax election-claims historyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsmax
Corrections, findings & records
- The Washington Post: Newsmax clarification on Smartmatic and Dominion (Dec. 21, 2020)https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2020/12/21/newsmax-clarification-smartmatic/
- NPR: Newsmax issues retraction and apology to Dominion employee (Apr. 30, 2021)https://www.npr.org/2021/04/30/992534968/newsmax-issues-retraction-and-apology-to-dominion-employee-over-election-stories
- HuffPost: Newsmax settles Dominion case (Aug. 2025)https://www.huffpost.com/entry/newsmax-defamation-case-2020-voting-lies_n_68a34b28e4b03709c085c25a
Archived copies
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- Archived copy: Secondary: Wikipedia, Newsmax election-claims historyhttps://web.archive.org/web/2/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsmax