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Former county attorney accuses Fox News, reporter of defamation over broadcast he claims got him fired

By Bethany Krajelis | Monday, Oct 20, 2014 @ 3:29pm

A Chicago lawyer is suing a group of Fox News companies and one of its reporters, claiming he got booted from his county job after a piece accusing him of drawing on two public pensions aired earlier this year.Frank Gardner, a former attorney with the Cook County Department of Human Rights and Ethics, filed suit Oct. 16 in the Cook County Circuit Court against Fox Television Stations Inc., Fox News