CNN isn't doing too well with the defamation lawsuits. They settled with Nicholas Sandmann for an undisclosed amount, and just recently were ordered to pay $5 million in compensatory damages to U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young, whom Jake Tapper accused of running a "black market" for evacuating people from Afghanistan during Joe Biden's disastrous withdrawal.
CNN's next loss might be to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
NEW: Lawyers for Tulsi Gabbard sent a cease and desist letter to @CNN last week threatening to sue it for defamation if it goes ahead with a "smear job" story accusing her voter fraud.
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) April 9, 2025
The @realDailyWire got its hands on the letter...here's what we know 🧵🧵 pic.twitter.com/GVlA6yoRSQ
Gabbard's lawyers say that CNN “plans to publish a story that falsely asserts or implies that Tulsi Gabbard committed voter fraud and suggests that she had abandoned her longstanding Hawaii residency.”
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) April 9, 2025
They say falsely accusing the DNI of criminal conduct would be defamation... pic.twitter.com/i3BpgiQxCb
Here's the backstory: Tulsi bought a house in Texas in 2024. Her team says local officials told her that she had to register it as a "homestead" for her address to remain confidential, and she was facing "ongoing, high-level, credible threats against her and her family."
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) April 9, 2025
Gabbard's spox at ODNI says told The Daily Wire that “illegitimate claims of voter fraud are a new low, even for CNN.”
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) April 9, 2025
Full story, and full letter, on @realDailyWire: https://t.co/N4yXDNucYa
So CNN hasn't defamed her yet, they're just planning to.
They didn’t get Hegseth so they are going after Tulsi. This doesn’t work anymore.
— MDDunn (@SpoonlessMel) April 9, 2025
Sounds simple to me she owns more then one place. So where ever you live or stay the most is your residence.
— John Linton🇺🇸 (@realjohnlinton) April 9, 2025
One would think CNN would be tired of paying out-of-court settlements for spreading propaganda & gossip rather than doing factual journalism. Obviously not.
— MojiGirlRocks (@MojiGirlRocks) April 9, 2025
Go for it girl. You have my support 💪
— Jeannie Certain (@JC35016) April 9, 2025
It’s quite simple. If the laws of Hawaii and Texas were not broken, there is no crime. Many people have multiple homes. Some in different states, some in different counties, even some in different countries. This is clearly a hit piece, created from assumptions and allegations…
— Son of a Butch (@StriderkingV) April 9, 2025
Apparently CNN has to learn lessons the hard way.
— BD Randall (@BDRandall) April 9, 2025
CNN has previously assured us that there is no voter fraud in the U.S.A. 👍
— RacerX (@SpedRecer) April 9, 2025
True.
Funny how CNN wants to do investigative journalism again after ignoring the Biden administration for 4 years.
— DontBackDown (@charlesmangus) April 9, 2025
You'd think CNN would rather be safe than sorry, but they'll probably run with the story anyway.
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