A lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against CNN was rejected by a federal appeals court on Tuesday. Photo by Will Oliver/UPI | License Photo
Nov. 18 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump's lawsuit against CNN for using the phrase "The Big Lie" was rejected by a federal appeals court.
Trump was trying to revive the $475 million suit against the news organization that had been rejected by a lower court. CNN used "The Big Lie" to describe Trump's assertion that the 2020 election was rigged and that Trump had actually won, despite there being no evidence.
Trump's lawyers tried to argue that the phrase was used to align Trump with German dictator Adolph Hitler.
"Trump's argument is unpersuasive," the appellate judges wrote. "First, although he concedes that CNN's use of the term 'Big Lie' is, to some extent, ambiguous, he assumes that it is unambiguous enough to constitute a statement of fact. This assumption is untenable."
