Smartmatic accuses Newsmax of destroying evidence in the voting machine company's lawsuit against the "news" channel over their claims that Smartmatic helped “rig" the 2020 election, according to new court documents. Via NBC News: Lawyers for Florida-based Smartmatic allege that Newsmax engaged in a “cover-up” by destroying texts and emails of key executives that would demonstrate the network’s knowledge that voting fraud claims being pushed by former President Donald Trump and his allies were untrue.