Federal Judge Deals Final Blow to Ray Epps’ Case Against Fox News
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by Ray Epps against Fox News.
The former Arizona resident was among those on the Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, to protest the outcome of the 2020 election, according to his July 2023 complaint against Fox.
Epps accused the news network of promoting the false narrative that the election had been stolen from Trump, using him as a scapegoat for the Jan. 6 violence, and “promoting the lie that Epps was a federal agent who incited the attack on the Capitol.”
“And with that, Fox, and particularly Mr. [Tucker] Carlson, commenced a years-long campaign spreading falsehoods about Epps. Those lies have …