As part of the latest developments in the $1 billion defamation suit against them, CNN was attempting to keep anchor Jake Tapper from being compelled to answer deposition questions about his salary and comments he had made on-air regarding Fox News’s defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. That’s according to a court filing exclusively obtained by NewsBusters.
As NewsBusters reported in late November, Plaintiff and Navy veteran Zachary Young via lead counsel Vel Freedman wanted the court to compel Tapper to answer some of the “more than thirty questions” CNN’s counsel directed him not to answer:
Mr. Tapper sat for deposition on November 20, 2024. In the course of less than two hours, CNN’s counsel directed Tapper not to answer more than thirty questions. The end result was that CNN prevented Plaintiffs from (1) gathering basic…
