CNN Found Liable For $5MM Plus Punitive Damages To U.S. Soldier For Defamation!

James Kaufman, The World News Report, today, January 17th, 2025. God bless you and yours, no matter where you are in the world. Please subscribe, give us a thumbs up, ring that bell for critical future updates. CNN found liable for $5 million plus punitive damages to U.S. soldier for defamation. CNN found liable for $5 million in defamation trial against a United States Navy veteran. Zachary Young said CNN defamed him as an illegal profiteer when they said he charged Afghan evacuees thousands of dollars to leave the country. The report was first shared on Jake Tapper's show, where the network claimed the operation took place on the black market and had no guarantee of safety or success. It was all completely made up. The story was 100% false. The jury ruled that Young is owed $4 million in financial damages and $1 million in emotional damages. He is also owed punitive damages, which are still being decided. I understand that the jury's reached a verdict. Is that correct? Pardon me? I said I understand y'all have reached a verdict. We have. You have to hand that to the bailiff, please. The circuit court Fourteenth Judicial Circuit in Morgan County Florida Case Number Twenty Two Six zero eight CA Zachary Young LinkedIn versus Cable News Network. the defendant All right form number one Do you mind letting... Do you find by the greater weight of the evidence that defendant CNN committed defamation per se against plaintiff Zachary Young? Yes. Number two, do you find by the greater weight of the evidence that defendant CNN committed defamation by implication against plaintiff Zachary Young? Yes. The total amount of plaintiff Zachary Young's damages for both lost earnings in the past and for the loss of his earning capacity in the future reduced by the amount that plaintiff had earned from comparable employment? Four million. Does Zachary Jones' damages for pain and suffering, mental anguish, inconvenience, injury to reputation, and loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life that he sustained in the past and that he has sustained for the future, $1 million? Do you find, by clear and convincing evidence, that punitive damages are warranted against defendant CNN? Yes. Date? January 17, 2025, signed by the court Okay, yeah. I take it since you were holding the verdict, were you the foreperson for the jury? Yes, it is. And there you have it, folks. CNN found liable for $5 million plus punitive damages. Can't wait to find out how much that is. You have to ask yourself, how they just made up a story like this? God bless you and yours. Share, subscribe, and always remember, anything's possible in Bizarro World.