Ahead of a high-stakes defamation trial, CNN is now being accused of misleading the court regarding documents on its net worth.
U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young alleges that CNN smeared his security consulting company, Nemex Enterprises Inc., by implying it illegally profited when helping people flee Afghanistan during the Biden administration’s military withdrawal from the country in 2021. He is now suing CNN claiming it “destroyed his reputation and business” during a segment that year on Jake Tapper’s program “The Lead.”
In September, Florida Judge William Henry ordered CNN to comply with a subpoena to provide additional financial information that the cable network presented to its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).
Although CNN claimed it would present these files, documents obtained by Fox News Digital found that “Plaintiffs learned that CNN never intended to produce documents showing assets and liabilities (because they don’t exist).”
PLAINTIFFS IN HIGH-STAKES CNN DEFAMATION SUIT WANT TO GRILL JAKE TAPPER AGAIN
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