Question, since trump is shown to have spread the big lie

[kacekwl]

even though he knew it wasn't true can faux news and it's personalities who also spread the big lie even though they knew it was a lie be also held accountable for the attack on the Capitol ?

[WarGamer]

1. You mean like how Shrub was prosecuted for a "bigger lie"??

Truth of the matter is... lying (politically) isn't illegal.

[Harvey Wineburger]

3. Is A Lie Just Free Speech, Or Is It A Crime?

From NPR:

The U.S. Supreme Court took up the subject of lying on Wednesday.

Specifically at issue was the constitutionality of a 2006 law that makes it a crime to lie about having received a military medal. But the questions posed by the justices ranged far beyond that — from advertising puffery to dating lies.

At the center of the case is Xavier Alvarez, a former California county water board member who is an undisputed liar. Among his lies is that he played professional hockey, served in the Marines and rescued the American ambassador during the Iranian hostage crisis. None of those lies was illegal.

But when he claimed to have won the "Congressional Medal of Honor," that lie was a violation of the Stolen Valor Act, which makes it a crime to make false claims about receiving military medals.

https://www.npr.org/2012/02/22/147257716/is-a-lie-just-free-speech-or-is-it-a-crime