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Judge Clears Way For Navy Veteran’s Defamation Case Against CNN Over Report On Exorbitant Fees Charged To Afghan Evacuees
The lawsuit is set to go to trial next month.
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. In one instance, Young’s image appeared on screen with the chyron, “Afghans trying to flee Taliban face black markets, exorbitant fees, no guarantee of safety or success.” As Young’s attorneys issued legal threats, CNN aired a segment on The Lead with Jake Tapper on March 25, 2022, in which the anchor told viewers that “the use of the term black market in the story was in error.
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