# The Lawsuit That Could Sink Right-Wing Media

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-red-slime-lawsuit-that-could-sink-right-wing-media/
- Published: 2021-01-05T09:15:58-06:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image: Screenshot from FOX Business LouDobbs Tonight. Article by Ben Smith. The New York Times – Dec. 20, 2020. Voting machine companies threaten “highly dangerous” cases against Fox, Newsmax and OAN, says Floyd Abrams. Antonio Mugica was in Boca Raton when an American presidential election really melted down in 2000, and he watched with shocked fascination as local government officials argued over hanging chads and butterfly ballots. It was so bad, so incompetent, that Mr. Mugica, a young Venezuelan software engineer, decided to shift the focus of his digital security company, Smartmatic, which had been working for banks. It would offer its services to what would obviously be a growth industry: electronic voting machines. […] Click here to view original web page at www.nytimes.com Related articles: Trump Repeats Debunked Election Claims in Call With Georgia Official – The New York Times Federal judge rejects attempt to halt Georgia U.S. Senate runoff elections; lawyer to appeal – Savannah Now Dominion worker sues Trump campaign and conservative media – abc News Dominion Tells Michigan Voter Fraud Witness to Stop Making Claims with ‘No Basis In Reality’ – Newsweek AT&T was not conducting an audit of Dominion Voting Systems near Nashville explosion – PolitiFact