Fed appeals court affirms DISMISSAL of Krasnov's "defamation" suit against CNN (re "Big Lie" )

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https://www.mediaite.com/lawcrime/dismissal-of-trumps-cnn-lawsuit-affirmed-by-appeals-court-using-big-lie-not-defamatory/

A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against CNN, specifically noting that the network’s use of the phrase “Big Lie” to describe Trump was not a false statement of fact.

The president had sued CNN in 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, seeking $475 million in punitive damages, complaining about the network’s use of the term “Big Lie” to describe Trump’s unfounded claims about the 2020 election being stolen and other comments aired on CNN.

In 2023, that lawsuit was dismissed with prejudice (meaning it cannot be amended and refiled) in an opinion written by Judge Raag Singhal, a Trump appointee, who wrote that this rhetoric was opinion, not a false statement of fact, and therefore could not support a claim of defamation.

Singhal’s ruling was affirmed by a three-judge panel on the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that consisted of Judges Adalberto Jordan, an Obama appointee; Kevin Newsom, a Trump appointee; and Elizabeth L. Branch, also a Trump appointee. ....

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