The Sioux alleges they defamed the company by inventing a story that the election was stolen from Trump and decided to make Smartmatic the quote villain filed in New York County Supreme Court.

It also names as defendants former Trump lawyer Sydney Powell and popular Fox hosts Lou Dobbs Maria Bartiromo engine in Pirro.

After the election, Trump and some of his supporters spread false claims of election fraud, including that Smartmatic and competitors Dominion Voting Systems manipulated the results.

Unlike Dominion, whose technology was used in at least 24 states, Smart Maddox was on Lee, used in one place for the November 3rd presidential election.

Los Angeles County, a Democratic strongholds, which Biden won the lawsuit cited as evidence on air exchanges such as one between Bardo Romo and Giuliani.

On November 17th, Bartiromo asked Giuliani quote, What do you think went on here?

Because when we spoke on Sunday, we talked about the software made by Smartmatic that was changing votes from Trump to Biden.

On December 10th, Smartmatic sent a letter to Fox News demanding that it retracted the allegations leveled by its employees and guests.

But Fox did not issue a retraction.

Instead, in December, it aired an interview featuring an outside expert who confirmed there was no evidence to support the Smartmatic claims by Fox hosts and guests.

In a statement on Thursday, Fox said, Quote Fox News Media is committed to providing the full context of every story with in depth reporting and clear opinion.

We're proud of our 2020 election coverage and will vigorously defend the meritless lawsuit in court.

Dominion Voting Systems has filed similar lawsuits against Giuliani and Powell.