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Defamation
Far-right radio host Alex Jones speaks at an event held by the national conservative political movement, 'Turning Point' in Detroit

Alex Jones Asks Supreme Court To Hear Appeal of $1.4 Billion Sandy Hook Judgment

Jones' lawyers say that public figures such as the Sandy Hook families have to prove their defamation claims against journalists such as Jones.

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E. Jean Carroll at Manhattan federal court in New York

Appeals Court Upholds E. Jean Carroll’s $83.3 Million Defamation Judgment Against President Trump

That award followed a separate trial, in which Trump was found liable for sexually abusing Carroll and ordered to pay $5 million.

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Trump Plans To Ask Supreme Court To Toss E. Jean Carroll’s $5 Million Abuse and Defamation Verdict

Trump’s lawyers previewed the move as they asked the high court to extend its deadline for challenging the $5 million verdict from Sept. 10 to Nov. 11.

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U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Defamation Case Against Fox News Highlights Role of Its Hosts in Promoting 2020 Election Falsehoods

In short: Fox let Trump aides spread conspiracy theories despite knowing they were false because it was what their viewers wanted to hear.

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Conservative Network Newsmax Agrees To Pay $67M in Defamation Case Over Bogus 2020 Election Claims

Judge Eric Davis had ruled earlier that Newsmax did indeed defame Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems by airing false information about the company and its equipment.

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Alex Jones talks to media during a midday break during the start of a jury trial in Austin

Judge Appoints Receiver To Sell off Alex Jones’s Infowars Assets To Help Pay Sandy Hook Families

The order by Judge Maya Guerra Gamble in Austin on Wednesday has the potential to shut Jones out of his studio in the coming days.

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Hunter Biden's trial on criminal gun charges continues, in Wilmington

Melania Trump Demands Hunter Biden Retract ‘Extremely Salacious’ Epstein Comments

Melania Trump takes issue with two comments Biden, son of former President Joe Biden, made in an interview this month with American journalist Andrew Callaghan.

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U.S. President Trump visits Florida

Banishing a Reporter: Trump Escalates Battle With Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Story

It’s the first time Trump has sued for defamation as a sitting president, and it’s not clear whether any president has done that in the past.

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