LaffyJul 29, 2023

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Via Kyle Cheney:

OVERNIGHT: A federal judge (appointed by #Trump) dismissed Trump’s lawsuit claiming CNN defamed him by using the phrase “The Big Lie,” which Trump says implicitly compares him to Hitler.

Lawsuit dismissed *with* prejudice.

The judge, Raag Singhal, made clear he is NOT a fan of the media & made some conclusory statements about how reporters operate (& how he says TV viewers respond).

But he said NYT v Sullivan is binding on him. 1/…
#legal

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2/ To defame someone, a statement must be “provably false,” Singhal noted. And even if CNN were saying Trump is “Hitler-like” it’s pure opinion

“Being ‘Hitler-like’ is not a verifiable statement of fact that would support a defamation claim,” the judge wrote

Jul 29, 2023 at 1:19pmWeb