CNN Correspondent Takes Stand In Defamation Trial, Defends Report That Security Consultant Exploited Afghan Evacuation
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deadline.comCNN‘s Alexander Marquardt took the stand in a Florida defamation trial Monday, defending his 2021 report that a security consultant sought exorbitant fees in what amounted to a black market to evacuate Afghans during the chaotic U.S.
withdrawal in 2001. The consultant, Zachary Young, then sued the network for defamation, claiming his reputation was destroyed and he lost work because of it.
The network has defended the report as an accurate account of what was happening, as Afghans were in desperate efforts to find a way out as the Taliban returned to power.
During Marquardt’s daylong testimony, Young’s attorney, Devin Freedman, tried to establish that the correspondent and the network had animus against Young and targeted him specifically.
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