Judge Dismisses Libel Lawsuit Against Fox News by Former DHS Disinformation Chief

The news network’s allegedly defamatory statements either were not about her or were true, the judge said.
Judge Dismisses Libel Lawsuit Against Fox News by Former DHS Disinformation Chief
Official portrait of Nina Jankowicz. @wiczipedia/Twitter
Bill Pan
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A federal judge in Delaware has sided with Fox News to toss a libel lawsuit filed by Nina Jankowicz, the former director of the Department of Homeland Security’s short-lived counter-disinformation division.

The July 22 decision granted the media group’s request to have the case dismissed, saying that 36 of the 37 statements Ms. Jankowicz had flagged as defamatory in her suit referred to the working group she oversaw, rather than her.