Oct. 25, 2022, 10:24 PM
The publisher of The Epoch Times and one of its founders failed to convince the First Circuit to revive their defamation suit against a reporter who identified the co-founder as a “far-right media personality” who was present “at the riot at the U.S. Capitol.”
Epoch Group Inc. and Dana Cheng, an officer of Epoch Group, filed suit against Dan Neumann, a reporter with Maine People’s Alliance, for allegedly defaming them in connection with an article titled, “Maine GOP hosts speaker present at Jan. 6 Capitol assault.”
The US District Court for the District of Maine granted the defendants’ motion to …
