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There are even more 2020 election defamation suits beyond the Fox-Dominion case

In addition to the Dominion case against Fox News, more than a dozen similar cases related to lies spread about the 2020 election are slowly making their way through the legal system.
Gwinnett County election workers prepare to handle ballots as part of the recount for the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 16, 2020, in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Nearly two and a half years after the election, voting machine companies, election workers and even a local postmaster have filed defamation cases tied to conspiracy theories that have spread about the election.

While the newly settled defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News may be the highest-profile case about lies and conspiracy theories spread about the 2020 presidential election, more than a dozen similar cases are also making their way through the legal system.

In one, an was harassed and chased from his home after a conservative media outlet aired false claims that he altered mail-in ballots to favor Democratic candidate Joe Biden. In Georgia, a after the the falsely claimed he had illegally deposited multiple ballots into a drop box. Also in Georgia, two election

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