Political streamer Hasan Piker is suing conservative commentator Scott Jennings for $72.5 million, alleging Jennings used a manipulated video and fabricated quotation to falsely accuse him of advocating the lynching of black Americans.
Piker filed the defamation lawsuit Tuesday in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking at least $27.5 million in compensatory damages and $45 million in punitive damages.
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