A decide has sensationally known as out CNN’s Jake Tapper for mendacity within the community’s bruising billion-dollar defamation battle, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
In a declaration he submitted to a Florida courtroom as a part of the community’s authorized stoush with a former U.S. navy veteran, Tapper claimed he had no data of the monetary efficiency of the community the place he works or his present The Lead With Jake Tapper.
The anchorman, beneath oath, stated: “I’ve no data about CNN’s internet price. I haven’t got any data relating to what the Tapper present might or might not generate that will go towards CNN’s internet price.”
However Choose William Scott Henry of Florida’s 14th Circuit Court docket delivered an epic smackdown at a listening to on August 12, rebuking Tapper and ordering the 55-year-old should sit for a deposition.
“I sort of have a tough time believing what Mr. Tapper put in that declaration,” the decide stated.
“I’ve a sense that’s the foundation of what time slot he will get and the way a lot his contract is and the whole lot else with CNN.”