Trump Fails to Revive Defamation Suit Against CNN Over ‘Big Lie’

Nov. 18, 2025, 5:13 PM UTC

President Donald Trump won’t get a second chance to pursue his defamation claim against CNN over the network’s use of the phrase “Big Lie” to describe his claims about the 2020 presidential election, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Tuesday.

Trump hasn’t adequately alleged Cable News Network Inc.'s statements were false, dooming his defamation claim, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit said in a per curiam unpublished opinion.

Trump alleged in 2022 that CNN’s use of the phrase “Big Lie” to describe his statements about the 2020 presidential election defamed him, and were intended to associate him with ...

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