Conservative cable channel Newsmax agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $67 million, ending a four-year defamation battle over on-air claims that Dominion’s machines helped steal the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The settlement, disclosed in an Aug. 18 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, averts a Delaware Superior Court trial that had been set for later this year. Dominion sued Newsmax in 2021, alleging the network knowingly broadcast conspiracy theories. Judge Eric Davis had already ruled the statements were defamatory, leaving a jury to decide damages and whether Newsmax acted with actual malice. Under the accord, Newsmax will pay $27 million this month and the remainder by January 2027. Although well below the $1.6 billion Dominion initially sought, the deal lifts the voting-machine company’s haul from defamation cases to more than $800 million, following Fox News’s $787.5 million payment in 2023 and Newsmax’s $40 million settlement with Smartmatic in 2024. Dominion said it was pleased with the resolution. Newsmax maintained its coverage was “fair” and “balanced” but said it settled because it did not expect a fair trial. The disclosure coincided with fresh social-media attacks on voting machines by former President Donald Trump, underscoring the persistence of false election-fraud narratives despite mounting legal and financial repercussions.