Judge dismisses defamation suit against Fox News over Jan. 6 coverage

[Karah Rucker]

A JUDGE HAS DISMISSED A DEFAMATION LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST FOX NEWS BY RAY EPPS –

AN ARIZONA MAN WHO WAS AT THE CENTER OF CONTROVERSY OVER THE JANUARY 6TH CAPITOL RIOT.

EPPS HAD CLAIMED FOX NEWS FALSELY ACCUSED HIM OF BEING A FEDERAL INFORMANT WHO HELPED ORCHESTRATE THE RIOT.

FOX HOSTS, INCLUDING FORMER PRIMETIME ANCHOR TUCKER CARLSON, RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT EPPS’ ROLE IN THE EVENTS – PLAYING VIDEO CLIPS OF EPPS AT THE CAPITOL ON HIS SHOW – 

CARLSON POINTED TO THE FACT THAT HE HADN’T BEEN CHARGED AS PROOF HE MIGHT BE WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

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“No charges have been filed against epps despite no question he did it because its on tape, that’s very strange, it just is.” 

EPPS, WHO WAS LATER CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT, SUED FOX NEWS FOR DEFAMATION.

BUT A JUDGE NOW DISMISSING THE CASE – RULING THAT THE NETWORK’S STATEMENTS WERE PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

FOX NEWS DEFENDED ITS COVERAGE, ARGUING ITS HOSTS WERE MERELY OFFERING OPINIONS, NOT MAKING FACTUAL ASSERTIONS ABOUT EPPS’ INVOLVEMENT. 

THE NETWORK CELEBRATED THE RULING, POINTING TO TWO OTHER RECENT DEFAMATION LAWSUITS AGAINST THEM THAT WERE ALSO DISMISSED.

ONE FILED BY TONY BOBULINSKI – A FORMER ASSOCIATE OF HUNTER BIDEN, AND ANOTHER BY “DISINFORMATION EXPERT NIN JANKOWICZ”.

A STATEMENT FROM FOX NEWS SAYING –

“FOLLOWING THE DISMISSALS OF THE JANKOWICZ, BOBULINSKI, AND NOW EPPS CASES, FOX NEWS IS PLEASED WITH THESE BACK-TO-BACK DECISIONS FROM FEDERAL COURTS PRESERVING THE PRESS FREEDOMS OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

FOX NEWS STILL HAS A MAJOR SEPARATE CASE COMING UP –

A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR DEFAMATION SUIT FROM THE VOTING TECHNOLOGY COMPANY “SMARTMATIC” –

WHICH IS SET TO GO  TO TRIAL NEXT YEAR.

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