Lachlan Murdoch files defamation action against Australian independent news outlet Crikey

The lawsuit was filed a day after Crikey bought a full-page ad in the New York Times inviting Murdoch to sue them over the alleged defamation.

The suit from Murdoch, who is also the executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation, names Keane as the second respondent.

The piece mentions the Murdoch name twice: in the headline and in the closing paragraphs, and is largely concerned with the evidence of former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson to the US House select committee on the 6 January attack. Hutchinson did not mention Murdoch in her testimony.