Trump-appointed judges rule against him

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00:00Trump appointed judges rule against him.

00:03A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of President Donald Trump's defamation suit against CNN,

00:09finding Big Lie was not a false statement of fact.

00:13Trump's lawsuit.

00:15Trump filed the lawsuit in 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida,

00:20seeking $475 million in punitive damages.

00:24He alleged CNN defamed him by repeatedly using the term Big Lie for his unfounded claims that Joe Biden stole the 2020 election.

00:33Judges Ruling.

00:35In 2023, Judge Rog Singh Hall, a Trump appointee, dismissed the case with prejudice,

00:40ruling CNN's statements were protected opinion rather than actionable fact.

00:45The 11th Circuit affirmed in an eight-page per curiam opinion by Judges Adalberto Jordan, Kevin Newsom, and Elizabeth Elbranch.

00:54The panel called Trump's arguments unpersuasive and the complaint meritless.

00:58The Big Lie.

01:00The opinion stated plainly,

01:02Trump has not adequately alleged the falsity of CNN's statements.

01:05Therefore, he has failed to state a defamation claim.

01:09Judges said even thousands of additional instances of defamation,

01:12including over 60 in a notice letter and nearly 7,700 more in the suit, did not change the outcome.

01:19The court concluded that whether CNN used Big Lie one time or many is irrelevant to the question of falsity.

01:27The panel also refused to consider statements beyond the five-sided, noting Trump alleged none differed in substance.

01:33Litigation against news outlets.

01:35CNN chief media analyst Brian Stelter wrote that the ruling reaffirms that American news outlets tend to prevail when they stand their ground,

01:44rather than settle out of court with Trump,

01:46underscoring the broader implications for media organizations facing litigation from political figures.

01:51The Josh Barney Fernandes