A federal judge tossed Ray Epps's lawsuit against Fox News, saying the Jan. 6 protester did provide enough to back "actual malice." The post JUST IN: Ray Epps Lawsuit Against Fox News Thrown Out By Judge first appeared on Mediaite.

A judge in Delaware has dismissed a lawsuit against Fox News that was brought by an Arizona man at the center of a conspiracy theory about what sparked the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Ray Epps,

The suit was brought by Ray Epps, who was falsely characterized by Tucker Carlson and others as being a government agent who instigated the violence at the Capitol.

Ray Epps had argued that he was falsely accused of being a federal informant who played a role in fomenting the riot.

In a significant legal ruling, a federal judge has dismissed Ray Epps defamation lawsuit against Fox News. The high-profile case, filed over a year ago, alleged that Fox News defamed Epps by portraying him as an

Fox News has won its second defamation ruling in as many days after a federal judge in Delaware on Wednesday dismissed a former Trump supporter’s claim that ex-host Tucker Carlson acted with “actual malice” when he said he was a government provocateur during the Jan. 6 insurrection.

A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News brought by a former Marine and Trump supporter who claimed he was made a scapegoat by the network after the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capit