Project Veritas Withdraws Lawsuit Against The New York Times
The conservative group Project Veritas this week dropped its yearslong libel lawsuit against The New York Times.
The lawsuit accused The Times of defamation for an article published in 2020 that reported that researchers from Stanford University and the University of Washington had described some videos produced by Project Veritas as probably part of a coordinated disinformation effort. The group also sued the researchers.
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