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The judge found BuzzFeed was protected by a "fair report privilege" because the article involved an official proceeding.

BuzzFeed News Has Won A Lawsuit Over Its Decision To Publish The Trump Dossier


By News on the Net -- Buzzfeed——--December 20, 2018

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WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a defamation lawsuit against BuzzFeed News over the publication of a dossier in January 2017 that alleged several years of links between Russia and then–president-elect Donald Trump. A Cypriot businessman, Aleksej Gubarev, was named in the dossier, and his name wasn't redacted in the version originally published by BuzzFeed. Gubarev sued shortly after the article came out, claiming he was defamed by having his name included. -- More...

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