Nina Jankowiczwas the former executive director of aDepartment of Homeland Securitydivision tasked with monitoring the threat of disinformation.
The case was later moved to federal court.
Connolly, though, ruled that the statement was not defamatory because it is not false.
Readthe judges dismissal of the disinformation experts defamation lawsuit against Fox News.
The board was disbanded in 2022 amid Republican backlash.
She had argued that the board did not have operational authority to do so.
The judge, though, wrote that censorship can be understood to be more than just operational authority.
