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Pro-Trump Influencer Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation by ICE protesters

OK IMAGINE WAKING UP TO THIS BECAUSE PRO-TRUMP INFLUENCER AND PODCASTER BENNY JOHNSON IS OFFICIALLY GETTING DRAGGED INTO COURT FOR DEFAMATION AND NOW HE HAS TO DEAL WITH AN ACTUAL LAWSUIT FILED DIRECTLY BY DEMONSTRATORS WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE THE WHOLE THING DOUBLES BACK TO HOW IT STARTED AT AN ICE FACILITY IN ILLINOIS LAST YEAR AND THE SUIT SAYS HE WENT AHEAD AND FALSELY CLAIMED THESE PROTESTERS WERE ASSAULTING ICE OFFICERS DURING DEMONSTRATIONS THERE AND THE THING IS HE ALLEGEDLY JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE SO NOW THEY ARE TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST HIM IN COURT AND THAT IS BASICALLY ALL THE ARTICLE GIVES US RIGHT NOW WITHOUT ANY OTHER EXPLANATION. OK YOUR TURN, TELL ME SOMETHING.

Protesters have sued conservative podcaster Benny Johnson for defamation after he allegedly claimed they assaulted officers at an Illinois ICE facility last year.

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📰 Read the real story at NPR Pro-Trump Influencer Benny Johnson is being sued for defamation by ICE protesters

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