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Eugene

(63,150 posts)
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 03:26 PM Sep 2023

Far-right network OAN settles 2020 election defamation suit brought by ex-Dominion executive

Source: CNN

(CNN) — Far-right TV network One America News and one of its on-air personalities settled a defamation lawsuit brought by a former executive at Dominion Voting Systems, the election technology company that was falsely accused of rigging the 2020 election, according to new court filings.

Dominion’s former top security official Eric Coomer sued OAN and its correspondent Chanel Rion in the wake of the 2020 election, when they repeatedly peddled unfounded claims that he and Dominion were involved in massive election fraud in 2020 by flipping millions of votes from Donald Trump to Joe Biden.

Terms of the out-of-court settlement, which was made public in a court filing, weren’t immediately available. The filing said OAN and Rion “have fully and finally settled the disputes” with Coomer, but did not provide any other details. Court records indicate that the deal was brokered late last week.

A spokesperson and attorney for OAN did not immediately respond to CNN requests for comment. Coomer’s attorney declined to comment.

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By Tierney Sneed and Marshall Cohen, CNN
Published 2:33 PM EDT, Tue September 5, 2023


Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/05/media/dominion-exec-oan-lawsuit-settlement/index.html

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underpants

(188,580 posts)
1. Chanel Rion was one of OAN's newsbabes Trump used to call on at pressers
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 03:29 PM
Sep 2023

She and others continually snuck in and would ask questions from the back of the room. This was when access in to the press room was limited and handed out on a rotating basis.

keep_left

(2,692 posts)
6. Rion was known for, among other things, her rather...interesting...sartorial choices when...
Wed Sep 6, 2023, 01:18 PM
Sep 2023

...it came to work attire. The photo here is not at all an aberration. Rion arrived at the White House in outfits like this on the regular. She was also known for asking Trump the most ridiculous fawning questions that were like something out of North Korean state media.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/oan-chanel-rion-trump-correspondent-1003975/

underpants

(188,580 posts)
8. The guy in the background 😳😆
Wed Sep 6, 2023, 01:22 PM
Sep 2023

It’s the Fox News model. T&A sells. Old men can watch it right in front of their wife.

keep_left

(2,692 posts)
9. LOL, I've seen that photo dozens of times and never noticed the guy before.
Wed Sep 6, 2023, 01:33 PM
Sep 2023

He's probably thinking "WTF! Is she for real?!".

erronis

(17,728 posts)
3. Sure hope the secret deal's details come out. If there are big penalties
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 03:41 PM
Sep 2023

then that's how we get these sleezes to stop peddling their shit.

If there aren't big penalties, then one can wonder what other deals may have been made - and to who's benefit.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,618 posts)
5. Where the hell is OAN getting money?
Tue Sep 5, 2023, 08:24 PM
Sep 2023

I thought they said they would go broke when they were dropped by one of the cable/satellite operators.

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