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Supreme Court Denies Roy Moore's Appeal to Restore $8.2M Defamation Verdict

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Roy Moore's appeal to reinstate an $8.2 million defamation verdict related to a 2017 Senate race ad. This decision upholds a previous ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that found Moore failed to prove malice in his defamation claim.

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