Portland Jury Clears Activists in Andy Ngo Lawsuit Alleging Attacks

Mr. Ngo claimed the two are alleged Antifa rioters who attacked him while he was working undercover at a Portland protest in 2021. 

Andy Ngo, a Portland, Ore.-based journalist, is seen covered in an unknown substance after Antifa extremists assaulted him in Portland, Oregon, on June 29, 2019. Moriah Ratner/Getty Images

A jury in Portland, Oregon, cleared two activists on Aug. 8 of all civil liability in a lawsuit filed by investigative journalist Andy Ngo alleging attacks against him that began in 2019.

Following a weeklong trial, a Multnomah County jury of six men and six women cleared the activists, John Hacker and Elizabeth Richter, finding them not liable for assault, battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.