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Judge dismisses Ray Epps defamation lawsuit against Fox News
Just the News ^ | 11/27/24 | Misty Severi

Posted on 11/27/2024 10:37:45 PM PST by CFW

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed January 6 defendant Ray Epps' year-long defamation lawsuit against Fox News, ruling that Epps failed to "state a claim."

Epps, who some conservatives had speculated was an undercover FBI agent sent by the bureau to stoke the January 6 riot in 2021, filed the lawsuit last year, claiming that an indictment from the Justice Department might not have surfaced against him if it wasn't for Fox's coverage.

The January 6 defendant also argued that Fox News and former host Tucker Carlson engaged in a "years-long campaign spreading falsehoods about Epps." Those falsehoods, the original complaint alleged, had destroyed the lives of Epps and his wife, per NBC News.

U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Hall on Wednesday agreed with Fox News' argument that Epps failed to "state a claim."

(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: 20210106; epps; foxnews; j6; jan6th; lawsuit; rayepps
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As was right.

I never understood why Fox settled with Dominion. They really didn't do much discovery from what I understand. I suspect a deal was made that was more than just a monetary settlement.

The narrative that was promoted by their settling was worth way more to Dominion and the left than any money. Now, no one can question Dominion's election computers ever again. A fear of "look what happened to Fox" would dampen anyone's enthusiasm for reporting even the most obvious and egregious cases of voter tallying fraud. I wonder? Did Fox ever have to actually pay that money?

1 posted on 11/27/2024 10:37:45 PM PST by CFW
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To: CFW

BTTT


2 posted on 11/27/2024 10:41:24 PM PST by nopardons
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To: CFW

Truth is an absolute defense. If he wasn’t an FBI agent, he definitely was connected.


3 posted on 11/27/2024 10:57:48 PM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: CFW

Lets see what happens after Jan 20


4 posted on 11/27/2024 10:58:15 PM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: CFW

Sounds like, the powers that be, did not want discovery, in this case, that would prove, he was, indeed, an FBI asset, and, J6, was a deep state set-up.


5 posted on 11/27/2024 11:06:50 PM PST by Ez2BRepub (Democrats suck)
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To: CFW

a real crawl up his azz type investigation is in order, after the whitewash that was done before...


6 posted on 11/27/2024 11:07:10 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: CFW

I wondered about that too since the ability to manipulate the machines was demonstrated in court a few months later.


7 posted on 11/28/2024 12:00:59 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: CFW

Discovery would have been fun on this case.

There is no way Epps could hide his ties.


8 posted on 11/28/2024 12:40:32 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: CFW

OMG,

THAT SETTLEMENT OF FOX WITH DOMINION IS THE MOST DISTRESSING, DISGUSTING THAT COULD OCCUR.

I am thankful that I am not the only one who thought it was ......COWARDLY.


9 posted on 11/28/2024 1:20:49 AM PST by Maris Crane
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To: rottweiller_inc

Go back 15 years ago...in Germany. Merkel’s crew was going to bring in the automation. The hackers asked for the right to attempt to hack in...Merkel for some reason agreed. Took about an hour, but the demo worried the politicians. So the whole purchase agreement halted. Everything today in Germany is still paper.


10 posted on 11/28/2024 1:21:57 AM PST by pepsionice
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First time hearing of this for me.


11 posted on 11/28/2024 1:50:17 AM PST by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: CFW

Epps needs to lawyer-up and shut-up. He’s been busted.


12 posted on 11/28/2024 2:10:09 AM PST by ComputerGuy (Heavily-medicated for your protection)
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To: Eleutheria5; CFW
The FBI has denied any ties to Epps, stating that he has never been an asset of the bureau.

Did they deny it under oath?

The FBI has no problem lying to the press.

13 posted on 11/28/2024 3:26:49 AM PST by Pontiac (esse welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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Wray continues to stonewall Congress regarding the FBI’s use of “assets” on J6 .
Wray flat out ignores them. Wray should be waterboarded.


14 posted on 11/28/2024 3:36:16 AM PST by OldHarbor
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To: Pontiac

Even if they were under oath, it’s moot. He was definitely acting as a provocateur on behalf of somebody. If it wasn’t the FIB, it was some other alphabet organization. CIA, NSC, BB King, whatever.


15 posted on 11/28/2024 3:58:16 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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Hate to burst your bubble, but members of the FBI have no problem lying under oath, either. It’s a totally corrupt agency that was ruined by Obama and the partisans he and his handlers put in place at the top levels.


16 posted on 11/28/2024 4:07:11 AM PST by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: Eleutheria5

>> BB King

Elvis was an agent.


17 posted on 11/28/2024 4:52:01 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: Lisbon1940

An informant. Same thing without the training. Beatles mention BB King in the same breath as FBI and CIA in that song. Therefore, he might have been an agent./lol


18 posted on 11/28/2024 5:11:52 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: Eleutheria5

Dig It, Dig It, Dig It.

They also mentioned Doris Day


19 posted on 11/28/2024 6:10:26 AM PST by Sir_Humphrey (The “only Trumpers” are just as damaging to the conservative cause as are the “never Trumpers”)
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It’s a totally corrupt agency that was ruined by Obama and the partisans he and his handlers put in place at the top levels.

BREAKING NEWS

The FBI was a corrupt organisation from the beginning.

Its first director, J. Edger Hoover, used the FBI as a blackmail ring, controlling every powerful politician in D.C. and beyond.

He also kept tabs on all of the Hollywood elites.

He managed to keep his job through 6 presidents because everyone was afraid of him.

20 posted on 11/28/2024 6:20:16 AM PST by Pontiac (esse welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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