The American Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Oct. 2, 2025
As President Donald Trump seeks retribution against the prosecutors and law enforcement who investigated him, some of his 2020 allies are on the hook in civil court. Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic prevailed last week over Rudy Giuliani and Mike Lindell for their defamatory statements against the voting technology companies.
Dominion sued Giuliani, former mayor of New York and Trump campaign lawyer, for $1.3 billion dollars, claiming that he made false statements about Dominion’s electronic ballot tabulators being rigged to tilt the election to Joe Biden. Dominion has previously won a $787 million dollar settlement from Fox News, and $67 million from Newsmax for similar claims.
September 26th, Dominion announced a settlement with Giuliani, though the amount is unknown. In the past two years, Giuliani has been disbarred, filed for bankruptcy, and was indicted for trying to overturn the 2020 election.
Also on September 26th, a federal judge found MyPillow CEO and election denier Mike Lindell defamed voting systems company Smartmatic. The yet-to-be -decided damages may hinge on whether Lindell KNEW his claims the machines were manipulated were false. Lindell still faces a suit from Dominion.
President Trump announced last month Giuliani would be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Guardian reports that Lindell has moved back to Minnesota and is considering a run for governor.
We have more at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org. I’m Brian Beihl.
Today’s Links
Articles & Resources:
American Democracy Minute – As Trump Proposes Baseless Ban of Voting Machines, Newsmax Settles Defamation Suit with Dominion Voting Systems
Federal District Court – (2021) Complaint in Dominion Voting Systems v. Guiliani (Warning – It’s 2,900 pages long!)
Colorado Sun / AP – Rudy Giuliani, Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems settle defamation suit over his 2020 election claims
The Guardian – Rudy Giuliani and Dominion settle $1.3bn defamation suit over election lies
The Guardian – MyPillow founder defamed Smartmatic election tech company, judge rules
Minnesota Public Radio – Judge rules ‘MyPillow Guy’ Mike Lindell defamed Smartmatic with false claims on voting machines
Smartmatic – Lawsuit Updates
Federal District Court – (2021) Complaint in Dominion Voting Systems v. Lindell
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