A federal judge dismissed Donald Trump’s $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN late Friday. “Being ‘Hitler-like’ is not a verifiable statement of fact that would support a defamation claim,” U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal, who Trump appointed in 2019, wrote in his dismissal. But bad rhetoric is not defamation when it does not include false statements of fact.” Singhal wrote in his decision. Friday’s ruling marks the second time Singhal has ruled in favor of CNN in a defamation case this year. The Florida judge also oversaw former Trump lawyer and retired Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz’s $300 million defamation suit against the network, which stemmed from CNN’s coverage of Dershowitz’s defense of Trump during his first impeachment trial.

Source: CNN July 30, 2023 03:36 UTC