Fox Sued by Trump Supporter Accused of Inciting Jan. 6 Riot (1) – Bloomberg Law

A former Marine who voted for Donald Trump and joined the Jan. 6, 2021, protests sued Fox News over broadcasts that claimed he was a federal agent planted in the crowd to start an insurrection that would make the outgoing president look bad.

The suit by Ray Epps, filed Tuesday in Delaware, says the reports forced him and his wife to hire private security after he received death threats and bullet casings were found in their yard.

It’s the latest fallout from Fox’s amplification of conspiracy theories in the weeks after the 2020 election, including false claims that two voting …