Posts Sling Baseless Claims at Judge in Defamation Case Against Trump

Para leer en español, vea esta traducción de Google Translate. Quick Take Misinformation peddlers baselessly claim a judge who presided over the defamation case that ended with an $83 million verdict against former President Donald Trump is linked to sex trafficking, noting that the judge dismissed a case related to Jeffrey Epstein. But the Epstein-related case was settled by the parties, and the defamation verdict was rendered by a jury. Full Story A federal judge in New York oversaw a 2021 case related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as well as the recent defamation trial that ended with an $83.3 million verdict against former President Donald Trump. Now, in an effort to criticize the outcome of Trump’s trial, partisan misinformation peddlers are baselessly citing the earlier case as an indication that the judge was connected to Epstein in a nefarious way. There’s nothing to support that claim. Posts are circulating on social media with unsubstantiated claims that the judge “was involved in sex trafficking” or “is linked” to Epstein. Many of these posts feature comments made by Patrick Bet-David, who runs a conservative media business that we’ve written about before. He said on the Jan. 26 episode of...