Trump’s Defamation Case Against CNN Over ‘Hitler-Like’ Comments Is Dismissed

“CNN’s statements while repugnant, were not, as a matter of law, defamatory”

Republican presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Moms for Liberty Joyful Warriors national summit at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia, Pa., on June 30, 2023. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

A federal judge has dismissed former President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against CNN, finding the network’s comments comparing the former president to Adolf Hitler “repugnant” but not defamatory.

U.S. District Judge Anuraag Singhal, a Trump appointee, ruled on July 28 (pdf) to dismiss  Mr. Trump’s lawsuit, in which he alleged that CNN defamed him by making statements comparing him to Hitler and the Nazi regime.l