Nov. 18 (UPI) — President Donald Trump‘s lawsuit against NCS for utilizing the phrase “The Big Lie” was rejected by a federal appeals court.
Trump was making an attempt to revive the $475 million suit against the news organization that had been rejected by a lower court. NCS used “The Big Lie” to explain Trump’s assertion that the 2020 election was rigged and that Trump had truly gained, regardless of there being no proof.
Trump’s attorneys 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 NCS’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.”
Trump’s authorized crew responded in a press release: “There is no doubt that Fake News NCS defamed President Trump and all of the tens of millions of Americans who have rightly stated that the 2020 Presidential Election was rigged and stolen by Crooked Joe Biden and his handlers. President Trump will continue to hold the mainstream media accountable and will pursue this case against NCS to its just and deserved conclusion.”
The judges mentioned Trump’s “argument hinges on the fact that his own interpretation of his conduct — i.e., that he was exercising a constitutional right to identify his concerns with the integrity of elections — is true and that NCS’s interpretation — i.e., that Trump was peddling his ‘Big Lie’ — is false. However, his conduct is susceptible to multiple subjective interpretations, including NCS’s.”
Trump has a historical past of suing media retailers. In December, ABC News settled a defamation suit for $15 million. The swimsuit alleged that anchor George Stephanopoulos mentioned that Trump was “liable for rape,” when he was truly discovered liable for sexual abuse. CBS News’ guardian firm Paramount settled a suit Trump introduced in response to an interview with candidate and former Vice President Kamala Harris.
In September, YouTube settled with Trump over his loss of a channel after the Jan. 6 riots on the Capitol. Trump is now suing the Wall Street Journal for $10 billion for reporting a few fiftieth birthday letter he allegedly wrote to convicted intercourse trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
In September, Trump filed a $15 billion suit against The New York Times for “false and malicious” statements against him. That swimsuit was dismissed, however he has since refiled the swimsuit.
He is now threatening to sue the BBC for an edited video of a speech.