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Sherrod settles defamation suit over discrimination claim

Shirley Sherrod, the USDA rural development director in Georgia who was forced to resign over a false report by Andrew Breitbart that she discriminated against a white farmer, has settled her lawsuit against Breitbart’s estate, The National Law Journal reported.

The terms of the settlement were not released, but Sherrod and the Breitbart estate issued a joint statement.