CNN has been found guilty by a jury in a defamation case after the garbage media network smeared a Navy veteran during Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal catastrophe.

They accused him of profiting off the people he was helping rescue from Afghanistan in 2021.

Here’s video of the jury making the pronouncement:

The jury ruled that Zachary Young be paid $4 million in lost earnings and they will now determine the punitive damages owed him by the network.

Heres’ more from Fox News:

A jury found that CNN committed defamation against U.S. Navy veteran Zachary Young and is responsible for punitive damages on Friday after more than eight hours of deliberation.

The jury ruled Young is awarded $4 million in lost earnings, $1 in personal damages such as pain and suffering and said that punitive damages are warranted against CNN.

The jury will now proceed to phase two of the trial to determine punitive damages. Lawyers on each side will have a chance to present evidence to determine punitive damages.

Young alleged that CNN smeared him by implying he illegally profited when helping people flee Afghanistan on the “black market” during the Biden administration’s military withdrawal from the country in 2021. Young believes CNN “destroyed his reputation and business” by branding him an illegal profiteer” who exploited “desperate Afghans” during a November 11, 2021, report by Alex Marquardt that first aired on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper.”

The decision comes after 3-plus years of litigation and a wild, sometimes chaotic, 8-day trial. 14th Judicial Circuit Court Judge William S. Henry, who presided over the trial in Bay County, Florida, previously ruled that Young “did not act illegally or criminally,” despite what the network reported on air.

After the verdict sent shock waves through the courtroom, Judge Henry read instructions to the jury as they prepared to determine punitive damages.

“You should consider this additional evidence, along with the evidence presented, and you should decide any disputed factual issues by the greater weight of the evidence. The greater weight of the evidence means the more persuasive and convincing force and effect of the entire evidence in the case,” Judge Henry said.

“In order to decide the amount of punitive damages, if any, to be assessed as punishment against the defendant,” he continued. “This amount would be in addition to the compensatory damages you have previously awarded.”

Judge Henry also said the “financial resources” of CNN should be taken into consideration.

“You may not award an amount that would financially destroy the defendant,” Judge Henry said.

“You may, in your discretion, decline to award punitive damages. When determining the amount, if any, punitive damages to be awarded, you may impose punitive damages to punish the defendant only for the specific conduct you have concluded caused plaintiff hard,” Judge Henry said. “You may not award punitive damages to punish defendant for anything other than the conduct that injured plaintiff.”