Libel Suit by Gen. Michael Flynn’s Sister Against CNN Dismissed
I’m too slammed today to comment in detail on it, but I just thought I’d note the decision handed down today by Judge Mary Scriven (M.D. Fla.) in Valerie Flynn v. CNN:
Plaintiff, a citizen of Florida, is a private individual and sister to Retired General Michael Flynn. Plaintiff’s suit against Cable News Network, Inc. … arises from CNN’s publication on February 4, 2021, of an exclusive report by correspondent Donie O’Sullivan … entitled “CNN Goes Inside A Gathering Of QANON Followers” …. The Publication includes a clip of a video posted to Twitter by General Flynn on July 4, 2020 …. According to Plaintiff, General Flynn posted the Original Video, which was filmed during a Fourth of July barbeque at Plaintiff’s sister-in-law’s home in Newport County, Rhode Island. In the Original Video, Plaintiff and others present at the July Fourth barbeque, “took the Oath to the United States Constitution” and “[a]fter finishing the Oath,” General Flynn stated, “where we go one, we go all.” Plaintiff repeated the phrase, but claims “[s]he did not know that some people considered it to be a QAnon slogan.”
CNN aired the Publication on February 4, 2021. Plaintiff claims that in
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