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submitted 11 months ago by ATQ@lemm.ee to c/politics@lemmy.world

A federal judge late Friday dismissed Donald Trump’s $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, in which the former president argued that the cable network’s statements about his false 2020 election fraud claims likened him to Adolf Hitler.

In the lawsuit, Trump’s team argued that CNN writers and television anchors’ use of the phrase the “Big Lie,” in five specific incidents, incited “readers and viewers to hate, contempt, distrust, ridicule, and even fear” him.

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[-] remotelove@lemmy.world 45 points 11 months ago

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”

[-] Telorand@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

Sounds like something that should be in a book. /j

[-] xylogx@lemmy.world 42 points 11 months ago

“Being ‘Hitler-like’ is not a verifiable statement of fact that would support a defamation claim,” Singhal wrote in his dismissal. “CNN’s statements while repugnant, were not, as a matter of law, defamatory.”

Well shucks, I thought the judge had ruled that Trump was in-fact Hitler like. Still he took the L here, with prejudice.

[-] LeadSoldier@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago

I would have loved for the case to go through and for CNN to have detailed and proved Trump's Hitler-like qualities for the world.

They could have dissected him on the stand.

[-] Bipta@kbin.social 18 points 11 months ago

Repugnant? His own defense secretary resigned comparing his approach to the Nazis well ahead of the election.

[-] btaf45@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

His conspiracy obviously fits "Big Lie" perfectly.

Reminder that Steve Bannon frankly confessed Trump's Start the Steal conspiracy plans to a group of Trump insiders before the election.

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/1112138665/jan-6-committee-hearing-transcript

…audio from Trump advisor, Steve Bannon, surfaced from October 31st, 2020, just a few days before the Presidential election.

Let’s listen. [Begin Videotape]

STEVE BANNON: And what Trump’s going to do is declare victory, right? He’s going to declare victory, but that doesn’t mean he’s a winner. He’s just gonna say he’s a winner. The Democrats — more of our people vote early that count. Theirs vote in mail. And so they’re going to have a natural disadvantage and Trump’s going to take advantage — that’s our strategy.

He’s gonna declare himself a winner. So when you wake up Wednesday morning, it’s going to be a firestorm. Also — also if Trump is — if Trump is losing by 10 or 11:00 at night, it’s going to be even crazier. Because he’s gonna sit right there and say they stole it. If Biden’s wining, Trump is going to do some crazy shit.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago

In the lawsuit, Trump’s team argued that CNN writers and television anchors’ use of the phrase the “Big Lie,” in five specific incidents, incited “readers and viewers to hate, contempt, distrust, ridicule, and even fear” him. But U.S. District Judge Raag Singhal, who Trump appointed in 2019, reasoned that because all of CNN’s statements were opinion, Trump could not legally sue the network for defamation.

That's it?

[-] Bipta@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

He litigates everything that can be litigated, and some things that can't. That's what's gotten him this far.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

Yeah, for the rich the law is a weapon.

[-] VanillaGorilla@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

As if you would have to lie to make people hate, fear, distrust or whatever else him 😂

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