About a week after moving a defamation lawsuit from superior court to federal court, CNN has now filed to dismiss North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s defamation lawsuit entirely, calling it “political theatre”.

CNN’s legal team is trying to move the defamation lawsuit filed by North Carolina Lt. Gov. and since-defeated governor candidate Mark Robinson from state to federal court. On Oct. 15 Robinson filed a lawsuit against CNN and North Carolina musician Louis Love Money after two separate news articles made claims about the outgoing lieutenant governor’s use of pornography outlets through the late 90s and early 2000s.

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News brought by a former Marine and Trump supporter who claimed he was made a scapegoat by the network after the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capit

United States District Judge Jennifer L. Hall granted the right-wing network’s motion to dismiss Ray Epps’s case

A federal judge has tossed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News over a Tucker Carlson special about the Jan. 6 attack, where he spread false conspiracy theories, CNN reported. Conservative conspiracy theorists spread falsehoods including that a supporter of Donald Trump was a federal agent who incited the attack.

Fox News has won the dismissal of a lawsuit brought against the network and former host Tucker Carlson by a Trump supporter who claims he lost his job after the channel aired conspiracy theories related to the January 6 insurrection.