A federal judge has thrown out Donald Trump’s $475m defamation lawsuit against CNN, in which the former president claimed the network’s description of his claims of election fraud as the “big lie” associated him with Adolf Hitler. The lawsuit, which was filed in October 2022, highlighted five instances in which CNN either published stories or aired comments referring to Trump’s assertions about the 2020 election as his “big lie”. But the mere use of the phrase “big lie” is not enough to give rise to a true connotation, Singhal wrote. In a statement, a Trump spokesperson said: “We agree with the highly respected judge’s findings that CNN’s statements about president Trump are repugnant. CNN will be held responsible for their wrongful mistreatment of president Trump and his supporters.”The statement did not say whether Trump would appeal against the decision.

Source: CNN July 30, 2023 14:22 UTC