no law against lying.
There is a law against lying for FCC licensed outlets. See my post #3.
Lying is a violation of the license for any such outlet (though obviously the Internet liars are not covered by these licenses).
Stop whining and start winning!
In wA State, the court has actually confirmed that it is legal to lie about politics.
Unless it is to the government.
No, but it is a tort. They accused her of lying, and if she wasn’t lying, they were lying about her and it was defamatory, per se.