286 HMMM. Smartmatic suddenly drops 2020 "election lies" lawsuit against OAN and coughs up hush money to avoid discovery (lawandcrime.com) 🔍 Notable posted 226 days ago by catsfive 226 days ago by catsfive +286 / -0 Smartmatic suddenly drops 2020 election lies lawsuit against OAN in 'confidential settlement' Smartmatic suddenly agreed to dismiss its defamation case against OAN pursuant to a reported "confidential settlement" — what to know. 51 comments share 51 comments share save hide report block hide replies
This makes no logical sense. Why would a plaintiff pay a defense to drop their own case?
The article does not say Smartmatic paid anything.
In fact, the hints are that they did not.
They both paid their own attorneys!