To win a defamation lawsuit one has to CONVINCE A JURY that a media outlet acted with “actual malice.”
Actual malice is ONLY an element of defamation when you are allegedly defaming a public figure (ostensibly to allow for criticism of public officials, even if that criticism isn’t true). I highly doubt that anyone had ever heard of Dominion before 2020, they were not going to have to show actual malice.
Does the Esq stand for lawyer?
Look, I admit I’m not a lawyer... I only listened to about 1/2 dozen (or so) of them tell me that the jury in this case had to be convinced of “actual malice.”
It’s quite possible all of them were wrong.
I mean, lawyers can be wrong. Giuliani and Powell are both lawyers (for the time being) and they turned out to be wrong all over this case. lol