Federal appeals court revives defamation case against MSNBC’s Joy Reid

By Mike Brest

Published July 15, 2020 4:07pm ET

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Federal appeals court revives defamation case against MSNBC’s Joy Reid — Joy Reid attends Politicon at The Pasadena Convention Center on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2017, in Pasadena, Calif. | (Colin Young-Wolff/Invision/AP)

A federal appeals court has revived a defamation case against MSNBC host Joy Reid.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York erroneously dismissed the lawsuit brought on by a Trump supporter named Roslyn La Liberte against the host, according to Law & Crime.

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