CNN Correspondent Alex Marquardt admitted in court Monday that Zachary Young's business wasn't "corrupt." Young is suing CNN for defamation, claiming a story by Marquardt about his efforts to evacuate people from Afghanistan during the U.

Zachary Young, a U.S. Navy veteran and former U.S. government operative, is accusing CNN of defamation in a case that is currently on trial in Florida. Defamation trials are rare in the U.S. due to constitutional protections for the press, which make proving libel difficult.