A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed against Fox News by a reporter who claimed the network fired him for criticizing its coverage of the 2020 presidential election and the Capitol riot on January 6.
In his lawsuit, Jason Donner, a 12-year Fox News reporter and producer, claimed that he had regularly voiced concerns to his superiors over Fox’s amplification of false claims surrounding the election and the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He claimed employment discrimination and retaliation after being dismissed in September 2022 for phoning in ill for the day.
In response to Mr. Donner’s allegation of retaliation under the District of Columbia’s Accrued Sick and Safe Leave Act, Fox was granted summary judgment on Monday by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Judge Amir H. Ali. Judge Ali concluded that Fox had not illegally fired Mr. Donner for taking a sick day and that Mr. Donner had not informed his boss of his illness as soon as practicable.
Five months after the lawsuit was filed, in April 2024, another judge, Judge Christopher R. Cooper, dismissed the other claims, stating that Mr. Donner had not demonstrated grounds for his wrongful-termination claim or that he had been subjected to discrimination and retaliation due to his “political affiliation” for not aligning himself with President Trump.
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