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Jan. 6 participant's defamation lawsuit against Fox News dismissed: report

A federal judge has tossed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News over a Tucker Carlson special about the Jan. 6 attack, where he spread false conspiracy theories, CNN reported. The supporter, Ray Epps, sued Fox in 2023, saying the network spread lies about him that “reached hundreds of millions of people and caused enormous harm to Epps.” Epps pleaded guilty …

Federal court dismisses defamation lawsuit against Fox News for Jan. 6 conspiracy theory

CROTON, N.Y. — A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a former Donald Trump supporter who said he received death threats when the network aired false conspiracy theories about his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Raymond Epps, a former Marine, was falsely accused by Fox of being a government agent …

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Former Trump supporter's January 6 defamation lawsuit against Fox News tossed by federal judge

Capitol rioter’s defamation suit against Fox News is dismissed

Ray Epps, in a red Trump hat, center, gestures to a line of law enforcement officers as people gather on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. A Delaware court judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News filed by a Jan. 6 rioter who said the network falsely identified him as an FBI informant. …

Federal judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against Fox News

Federal judge dismisses defamation lawsuit against Fox News toggle caption Ted Shaffrey/AP CROTON, N.Y. — A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a former Donald Trump supporter who said he received death threats when the network aired false conspiracy theories about his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Raymond Epps, a …

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New York CNN — A federal judge on Wednesday tossed a defamation lawsuit brought by an Arizona man targeted by conspiracy theorists against Fox News, accusing the right-wing network and former primetime host Tucker Carlson of spreading false narratives about the January 6 attack. Following the insurrection, conspiracy theorists baselessly suggested the attack on the US Capitol had been a …

Fox News 'better get the checkbook out' for latest 'not-hard-to-prove' defamation case: Morning Joe

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough warned Fox News was about to lose another defamation lawsuit related to its coverage of the 2020 election and its aftermath. Donald Trump supporter Ray Epps has sued the conservative network for claims by Tucker Carlson and other broadcasters on air accusing him of being an agent provocateur and federal agent, which forced him and his wife …

— A former Donald Trump supporter who became the center of a conspiracy theory about Jan. 6, 2021, filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News, saying the network made him a scapegoat for the U.S. Capitol insurrection. The suit also says the Justice Department told Epps in May that he faces criminal charges for his actions on Jan. 6, and …

Man named by Tucker Carlson in conspiracy theory sues Fox News for defamation

Fox News faces another potentially ruinous legal threat related to its coverage of the 2020 election. “His challenge is to get a judge, if he files the suit, to say this was so inherently, bizarrely improbable that only a reckless person would put it into circulation,” said Vermont Law School president Rodney Smolla, a defamation expert who consulted for Dominion …