Smartmatic and Dominion, a rival election technology company, have both been subject to conspiracy theories alleging they rigged the election against then-President Donald Trump and in favor of now-President Joe Biden.
According to Smartmatic's lawsuit, OAN defamed the election technology company through its own hosts pushing election conspiracy theories, by avoiding factual information about the election, and airing "docu-movies" from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who's pushed a separate set of conspiracy theories about Smartmatic and the rival election technology company Dominion Voting Systems, baselessly claiming their machines were hacked by Chinese authorities.