CNN defamation trial: Several staffers testify against network's on-air apology ordered by legal department

PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA — Several CNN staffers who testified in the network's high-profile defamation trial against plaintiff Zachary Young spoke out against the on-air apology the outlet offered to him. 

Young, a U.S. Navy veteran, alleges CNN smeared him in a November 2021 report that first aired on "The Lead with Jake Tapper," suggesting he illegally profited off desperate people trying to flee Afghanistan following the Biden administration's military withdrawal, implying he was involved...