Navy veteran Zachary Young has won several important trial motions in his defamation case against CNN and Jake Tapper.





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EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Judge Hands Besieged CNN Devastating Verdict in High-Stakes, Explosive Billion Dollar Defamation Trial With U.S. Navy Veteran

A Florida judge cleared the way for a trial to proceed in a case brought by a Navy veteran who sued CNN, contending that the network falsely claimed in 2021 that he exploited Afghan family members by charging exorbitant fees to get them out of the country during the chaotic U.S. withdrawal.



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Judge Clears Way For Navy Veteran’s Defamation Case Against CNN Over Report On Exorbitant Fees Charged To Afghan Evacuees

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Winning: Jake Tapper and CNN Lose Major Motions to Navy Vet in Defamation Suit

AP Photo/Mike Stewart Florida Judge William Henry sided with a U.S. Navy veteran who is currently seeking damages from CNN for defamation, Friday, giving him the green light to “proceed with his claim for punitive damages.” Veteran Zachary Young accused CNN of defamation, claiming that the network had “destroyed his reputation and business” after it suggested on Jake Tapper’s The Lead that he had illegally profited from the U.S. military’s withd…

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Judge Denies CNN’s Motion To Toss Defamation Suit Brought by Navy Veteran

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Jake Tapper And CNN Lose Major Motions In Defamation Case By Navy Veteran

Navy Veteran Suing CNN for Defamation Scores Big Wins as Trial Looms 
On Friday, in the run up to trial Judge William Scott Henry of Florida’s 14th Judicial Circuit Court handed Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young several legal victories in a pair of orders exclusively obtained by NewsBusters. Among them were affirmations that punitive damages would still be on the table for a jury to potentially award Young, CNN’s “retraction” of the story…

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Navy Veteran Suing CNN for Defamation Scores Big Wins as Trial Looms

CNN's motion for sumary judgement was dismissed by a federal judge who sided with Navy veteran Zachary Young on several key issues in the defamation case.

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CNN’s Jake Tapper suffered a legal body blow last week after a veteran suing him for defamation received good news regarding his ability to receive damages based on the anchor’s negative coverage of him. Tapper last year helped report on work performed by Navy veteran Zachary Young during the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in a segment that suggested Young profited at the expense of war refugees by taking advantage of their desperation. C…

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JUST IN: Jake Tapper Gets Brutal Legal Update

Judicial proceedings are set to continue in a case involving Navy veteran Zachary Young, who says cable network CNN defamed him in a 2021 report regarding the evacuation of Afghan families. Young, along with his enterprise Nemex, filed a lawsuit against the network after a segment suggested he charged excessive fees without guaranteeing safety or success during Joe Biden’s bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan. The broadcast displayed Young’s imag…

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CNN Faces Giant Law Suit After ‘Defaming’ Navy Veteran.

We previously discussed the defamation lawsuit brought by Navy veteran Zachary Young against CNN and anchor Jake Tapper. Young has been doing well in court and last week he won on additional major issues against CNN. In a pair of orders, the jury will be allowed to award punitive damages and his experts would be allowed to be heard by the jury on the damages in the case. It also found that the Navy veteran was not a public figure and thus is not…

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