The Washington Post Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Lawsuit by Covington Catholic High School student === {{Main|2019 Lincoln Memorial confrontation}} In 2019, [[Covington Catholic High School]] student Nick Sandmann filed a defamation lawsuit against the ''Post'', alleging that it libeled him in seven articles regarding the [[January 2019 Lincoln Memorial confrontation]] between Covington students and the [[Indigenous Peoples March]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Farhi|first=Paul|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-washington-post-sued-by-family-of-covington-catholic-teenager/2019/02/19/aa252be4-349c-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html|title=The Washington Post sued by family of Covington Catholic teenager|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=February 19, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220065023/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-washington-post-sued-by-family-of-covington-catholic-teenager/2019/02/19/aa252be4-349c-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Chamberlain|first=Samuel|title=Covington student's legal team sues Washington Post|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/covington-high-students-legal-team-sues-washington-post|work=Fox News|date=February 19, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2019|archive-date=February 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220150737/https://www.foxnews.com/us/covington-high-students-legal-team-sues-washington-post|url-status=live}}</ref> A federal judge dismissed the case, ruling that 30 of the 33 statements in the ''Post'' that Sandmann alleged were libelous were not, but allowed Sandmann to file an amended complaint as to three statements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/28/cov-cath-judge-rules-lawsuit-against-washington-post-can-continue/2489395001/|title=Judge to allow portion of Nick Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post to continue|last=Knight|first=Cameron|date=October 28, 2019|website=USA Today|language=en-US|access-date=October 29, 2019|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029013009/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/28/cov-cath-judge-rules-lawsuit-against-washington-post-can-continue/2489395001/|url-status=live}}</ref> After Sandmann's lawyers amended the complaint, the suit was reopened on October 28, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Re|first=Gregg|date=October 28, 2019|title=Judge reopens Covington Catholic High student's defamation suit against Washington Post|url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/nick-sandmann-covington-catholic-case-reopened|access-date=October 29, 2019|website=Fox News|language=en-US|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029000008/https://www.foxnews.com/us/nick-sandmann-covington-catholic-case-reopened|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Knight|first=Cameron|date=October 28, 2019|title=Judge to allow portion of Nick Sandmann lawsuit against Washington Post to continue|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/28/cov-cath-judge-rules-lawsuit-against-washington-post-can-continue/2489395001/|access-date=October 29, 2019|website=USA Today|language=en-US|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029013009/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/28/cov-cath-judge-rules-lawsuit-against-washington-post-can-continue/2489395001/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, ''The Post'' settled the lawsuit brought by Sandmann for an undisclosed amount.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=Nick Sandmann settles $250M lawsuit with the Washington Post|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nick-sandmann-settles-250m-lawsuit-with-the-washington-post/ar-BB179mYc|access-date=July 24, 2020|website=MSN |archive-date=August 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830212938/https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nick-sandmann-settles-250m-lawsuit-with-the-washington-post/ar-BB179mYc|url-status=live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page