Navy veteran suing Associated Press over Afghanistan story says 'smuggling' language implied criminal conduct

Fox News - 21/04
Zachary Young, who successfully sued CNN for defamation earlier this year, is now seeking punitive damages in a defamation lawsuit against the Associated Press.
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Zachary Young doesn't forgive CNN's Alex Marquardt following defamation trial

U.S. Navy veteran and plaintiff in the CNN defamation trial Zachary Young spoke with Fox News Digital about the journalist who led the defamatory report against him following his legal victory against the network.

"Smuggling" could be the new "black market" in Bay County, Florida, if U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young’s defamation lawsuit against the Associated Press goes to trial. 

Young, who successfully sued CNN for defamation earlier this year, alleged that CNN smeared him by implying he illegally profited when helping people flee Afghanistan on the "black market" during the Biden administration's military withdrawal from the country in 2021. Throughout the CNN trial, Young’s legal team pointed out the term "black market" is typically used to describe illegal behavior. 

When covering the trial in January, AP media reporter David Bauder wrote that "Young’s business helped smuggle people out of Afghanistan." Young is now seeking punitive damages in a defamation lawsuit against the AP for "an...
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