Colorado Public Radio: A Douglas County-based conservative podcaster has been ordered by a court to pay over $90,000 in fees and sanctions for refusing to cooperate with a lawsuit against him. 

Joe Oltmann, host of the Conservative Daily podcast, has widely claimed that Denver-based election equipment maker Dominion Voting Systems colluded to rig the 2020 election and give former President Joe Biden the win. Both the company and a former employee directly accused by Oltmann have filed numerous defamation lawsuits over the false claims.

On Monday, U.S. District Court Senior Judge William J. Martinez ordered Oltmann to pay $37,000 for fleeing the courthouse during a deposition last year and cover $53,757 for plaintiff Eric Coomer’s litigation costs related to Oltmann’s non-compliance.

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