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The three-judge panel, which included two Trump appointees, said the network’s use of the term didn’t amount to defamation.
An appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit Donald Trump filed against CNN in 2022 over the network's use of the phrase "Big Lie" to describe Trump's attempts to claim fraud led to his loss in the 2020 presidential election. | Ron Harris/AP
A federal appeals court panel rejected an effort by President Donald Trump to revive a “meritless” lawsuit against CNN for the network’s use of the term “Big Lie” to describe his false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.
The three-judge appeals panel, which included two of Trump’s own appointees, ruled Tuesday that CNN’s use of the phrase often associated with Adolf Hitler amounted to First Amendment-protected opinion.
