"A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against CNN, specifically noting that the network's use of the phrase Big Lie to describe Trump was not a false statement of fact. The president had sued CNN in 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, seeking $475 million in punitive damages, complaining about the network's use of the term Big Lie to describe Trump's unfounded claims about the 2020 election being stolen"
"Singhal's ruling was affirmed by a three-judge panel on the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that consisted of Judges Adalberto Jordan, an Obama appointee; Kevin Newsom, a Trump appointee; and Elizabeth L. Branch, also a Trump appointee. In an eight-page per curiam opinion, the court found that Trump's arguments were unpersuasive and the lawsuit had been properly dismissed as meritless, and specifically again rejected the president's claims that Big Lie was a false statement of fact"
A federal appeals court affirmed the dismissal of President Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against CNN, finding that the network's labeling of his election-fraud claims as the "Big Lie" was not a false statement of fact. The suit, filed in 2022, sought $475 million in punitive damages over coverage of Trump's unfounded 2020 election claims. A district court dismissed the case with prejudice in 2023, with Judge Raag Singhal concluding the rhetoric amounted to opinion and could not support defamation. An Eleventh Circuit three-judge panel issued an eight-page per curiam opinion affirming dismissal and finding the allegations meritless because falsity was not adequately alleged.
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