A federal appeals court panel has reinstated a defamation lawsuit filed by the conservative media watchdog Project Veritas against CNN and remanded the case to a federal trial court in Atlanta. When CNN refused to issue a retraction, Project Veritas sued for defamation in April 2021. In February 2023, Project Veritas turned to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Its founder, James O’Keefe, was removed by the board at Project Veritas after complaints surfaced about his treatment of staff, according to NPR. But CNN did neither, prompting Veritas to file a lawsuit for defamation against CNN in April 2021, which was subsequently thrown out by that court.

Source: CNN November 08, 2024 00:39 UTC