CNN cites Sharia law in legal motion for defamation suit over Afghanistan withdrawal reporting

CNN filed a motion for summary Thursday for a defamation lawsuit claiming it smeared a security consulting company helping women evacuate Afghanistan.

In a motion for summary judgment filed by CNN Thursday, CNN’s lead counsel Deanna K. Shullman said, "This entire defamation case centers on Young’s accusation that CNN implied he engaged in illegal conduct when he arranged, for a substantial fee, to have women smuggled out of Afghanistan."  Lindsay Kornick is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to lindsay.kornick@fox.com and on Twitter: @lmkornick.

Shullman noted, in the filing obtained by Newsbusters, Young's actions were technically illegal because the Taliban had implemented Sharia law in Afghanistan at the time.

"[D]iscovery has indicated that those activities he orchestrated and funded, which involved moving women out of Afghanistan, almost certainly were illegal under Taliban rule," she said.