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Hasan Piker files $72.5 million defamation suit against Scott Jennings

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Progressive pundit Hasan Piker has filed a $72.5 million defamation lawsuit against conservative commentator Scott Jennings, claiming Jennings deliberately distorted his remarks to falsely portray him as a supporter of lynching Black people.

Piker, in a 38-page complaint filed Tuesday in Washington, D.C., federal court, said Jennings defamed him during an Aug. 11 episode of “The Scott Jennings Show” when he played footage from a 2024 livestream of Piker’s show that had been doctored.

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