Fox News retracts Smartmatic voting machine fraud claim in staged video

• Segment airs on shows hosted by Dobbs, Pirro and Bartiromo
• Smartmatic threatens action for false and defamatory claims'

Fox News has taken a further step back from Donald Trump's baseless allegations of election fraud with a bizarre apparent legal retraction aired during shows hosted by some of the president's most fervent supporters.

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