Most Claims Tossed In Defamation Suit Over Podcast Comments, ‘Privacy’ Violations

( March 2, 2026, 1:58 PM EST) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A Virginia federal judge largely dismissed a doctor’s suit against her former employer, the CIA, its director and a former Republican political candidate for due process violations and defamation related to the candidate’s comments about the doctor on a podcast regarding the military COVID-19 vaccine mandate, finding that the due process claim failed in part because the allegedly defamatory statements were not made by government employees....