Judge tosses $30M defamation lawsuit hurled at Fox News by GOP Biden impeachment witness

Background: Tony Bobulinski testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (LiveNow from Fox/YouTube). Inset: Jessica Tarlov (Fox News/YouTube).

Background: Tony Bobulinski testifying before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (LiveNow from Fox/YouTube). Inset: Jessica Tarlov (Fox News/YouTube).

A $30 million defamation lawsuit brought by former Hunter Biden business associate Tony Bobulinski against Fox News and “The Five” co–host Jessica Tarlov — which accused her of “deliberately besmirching” Bobulinski’s character with claims about a “Trump Super PAC” allegedly footing his legal bills — was tossed out this week by a federal judge in New York.

Bobulinski, a self-described Navy veteran and “successful businessman” who has publicly accused the Biden family of shady business dealings, claimed in his suit that Tarlov damaged his credibility with a claim she made on “The Five” in March, saying: “Tony Bobulinski’s lawyers’ fees have been paid by a Trump Super PAC.”

Bobulinski sent a letter the following day, demanding a retraction and apology, to which Tarlov obliged — minus the apology.

“I would like to clarify a comment I made yesterday during our discussion of Tony Bobulinski’s appearance at the congressional hearing,” Tarlov said on “The Five” the following day, according to Bobulinski’s suit. “During an exchange with my colleagues about the hearing, I said that Mr. Bobulinski’s lawyer’s fees have been paid for by a Trump Super PAC as recently as January. What was actually said at the hearing was that the law firm representing Mr. Bobulinski was paid by a Trump PAC. I have seen no indication that those payments were made in connection to Mr. Bobulinski’s legal fees, and he denies that they were.”

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