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Nonilex<p>“Keep fighting,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> told <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SidneyPowell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SidneyPowell</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> settled a similar <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>defamation</span></a> case brought by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dominion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dominion</span></a> for $787.5 million in 2023.</p><p>Pirro’s producer, Jerry Andrews, warned her directly to stay away from claims of election fraud as concerns spread internally about their veracity. “You should be very careful with this stuff &amp; protect yourself given the ongoing calls for evidence that has not materialized,” he said.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a></p>
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“I work so hard for the party across the country,” #JeaninePirro now the #USattorney for #DC, told #RonnaMcDaniel in the message, acc/to newly #unredacted #court documents made public Tues in filings by the voting technology company #Smartmatic, which in 2021 filed a $2.7B #defamation lawsuit against #Fox over its #2020election #lies. “I’m the Number 1 watched show on all news cable all weekend. I work so hard for the President & party.”

Ha! #Trump is such a #LIAR!

#Newsmax agrees to pay $67M settlement in #defamation case over #2020election lies

The *conservative* network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading #lies about #Trump’s 2020 election loss, acc/to documents filed Monday.

#law #BigLie #ConspiracyTheories #FactCheck #TrumpLies
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A judge has ruled that Alex Jones' far-right platform, Infowars, can be sold to help pay the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims. Last year, The Onion had won a court-mandated auction for Infowars' parent company but this was halted by a federal bankruptcy judge. This new ruling paves the way for The Onion to revive its bid. Jones has yet to pay a cent of the more than $1 billion in damages he owes Sandy Hook families for repeated defamatory claims that the massacre was a hoax. On his show on Wednesday, he railed against the families, but says he will keep broadcasting under a different brand. Here's more from @CNN.

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#Infowars #AlexJones #SandyHook #TheOnion #USLaw #Defamation #USNews

CNN · Alex Jones’ Infowars will go up for sale yet again, judge rulesBy Hadas Gold

MAGA figure Laura Loomer sued HBO's Bill Maher for defamation last October over a broadcast in which Maher said Loomer "might be" sleeping with Trump. Her deposition in that suit is... really something. @thenewrepublic shares some of the highlights, including Loomer's claim that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene puts "roast beef in her pants."

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The New Republic · Laura Loomer’s Defamation Deposition Will Make Your Head ExplodeDonald Trump continually accepts this woman’s federal staffing suggestions.

smh.com.au/national/rightsizin - Rightsizing the reputations of shonks, shysters and war criminals comes at a cost

If Sue Chrysanou wrote an article suggesting that the journalists had “no concept of ethical practice as journalists or as human beings” and were “malignant, dishonest”, I imagine Sue Chrysanou would rush to represent the journalists to sue Sue Chrysanou for defamation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Rightsizing the reputations of shonks, shysters and war criminals comes at a costBy Michael Bachelard

Team Trump are raring to get going with their defamation case against the Wall Street Journal over Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday gift. The U.S. president's legal team has asked a federal judge to fast-track a deposition of News Corp. founder/WSJ owner Rupert Murdoch, saying that his age (94) and physical frailty might lead to him being unavailable for in-person testimony. Here's more from @allrisenews's Adam Klasfeld.

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All Rise News · Team Trump to judge: Let us depose Rupert Murdoch while he's still aliveBy Adam Klasfeld