That silence is often a negotiated part of the settlement. As in they offer you more money to be silent. Or they won't settle if you get to disclose the terms of the settlement.
Here's an example. Virginia Giuffre settled with Epstein in 2009. But we only found out the terms in 2022 after he died
Hi,
The article does not say Smartmatic paid any money.
What are you basing the "coughs up hush money" from?
Your reading comprehension is weak.
They are the ones who filed the lawsuit. They clearly state they settled.
If you saw all the other lawsuits against them and Dominion they came out and BRAGGED they settled and they won.
Silence is golden.
There is dropping a lawsuit and settling a lawsuit. They did not drop their lawsuit. They settled their lawsuit.
Settlement usually usually involves both sides
AGAIN. They would be bragging if OAN was paying them.
That silence is often a negotiated part of the settlement. As in they offer you more money to be silent. Or they won't settle if you get to disclose the terms of the settlement.
Here's an example. Virginia Giuffre settled with Epstein in 2009. But we only found out the terms in 2022 after he died
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/03/us/virginia-giuffre-jeffrey-epstein-settlement/index.html