A Delaware court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News brought by a Marine veteran purported to have been a federal agent who egged on the Jan. 6 rioters. Former.
A Delaware court has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News brought by a Marine veteran purported to have been a federal agent who egged on the Jan. 6 rioters. Former Fox host Tucker Carlson was among the media figures promoting the conspiracy theory. The New York Times reports that Judge Jennifer L. Hall ruled Ray Epps had failed to prove that Carlson acted with «actual malice»—the standard in such cases. Epps pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct count last year in connection to the Capitol riot and received probation.
Fox News and Tucker Carlson now face another defamation lawsuit over their coverage of the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Ray Epps says a right-wing conspiracy theory was built around him, which Fox and Carlson, who no longer works for the network, repeatedly aired, NBC News reports.
