Fox News Vindicated in Lawsuit for Telling the Truth

Jankowicz complaint dismissed.

The defamation suit that Nina Jankowicz – the former director of the Department of Homeland Security’s disinformation board (since closed) – filed against Fox News was dismissed in Delaware on July 22. Judge Colm F. Connolly’s succinct decision was notable not just for its powerful prose but also for its procedure. Jankowicz’s claims were so anemic that she was not even allowed to get in front of a jury.

An Ironic Lawsuit

Jankowicz, a self-proclaimed “internationally recognized expert in disinformation,” filed the suit under New York defamation law, claiming Fox News anchors (including Maria Bartiromo, Sean Hannity, and Tucker Carlson) had targeted her on Fox programming. Soliciting donations for the shaky lawsuit, Jankowicz posted on then-Twitter that “Fox News lied about me…