Fox News in April settled a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 billion after the cable news giant was accused of broadcasting false claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

Now, in a second salvo, the network faces another lawsuit related to its false election claims.

Ray Epps filed a defamation lawsuit July 12 against Fox News. Epps was at the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. He was drawn there, the lawsuit said, because of the network’s false election claims.

Epps has not been charged with a crime in connection with that day. After Jan. 6, the lawsuit says, the network knowingly spread falsehoods that Epps was a covert FBI agent who helped instigate the U.S. Capitol attack. Epps has testified under oath that he had no connections to the FBI or law enforcement.

One of Fox’s former high-profile hosts, Tucker Carlson — who was fired from the network in April — particularly focused on Epps, repeating his name in about two dozen episodes, the lawsuit says and The New York Times reported. The Times also said Carlson had been planning to run another segment on Epps the day his show was canceled. The lawsuit singles out Carlson.

After Jan. 6, supporters of former President Donald Trump sought to deflect blame for the riot, pushing false narratives that antifa was responsible or the people marching on the Capitol were merely tourists. But in June 2021, a new conspiracy theory emerged: that the events had been organized by the FBI. The...

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