Ex-head of DHS disinformation governance board sues Fox News for defamation
The former head of the Department of Homeland Security's disinformation board is suing Fox News for defamation, in the same court where Fox just settled with Dominion. The former executive director of the Department of Homeland Security's short-lived disinformation board is suing Fox News for defamation, in the same court where the network just settled its suit with Dominion Voting Systems. Nina Jankowicz was tapped to lead the Disinformation Governance Board, which was created last spring by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to "protect Americans from disinformation that threatens the homeland" -- but the board immediately found detractors in the GOP and some leading civil liberties groups over concerns that Jankowicz and the board would be acting as "truth police." Jankowicz, a former Wilson Center fellow who had publicly criticized former President Donald Trump, resigned from the board only a month into her tenure, after the DHS shut down...