In an hour-long video interview Friday with WND (embedded below), Malone explained that many major news outlets, including the New York Times, have cast him in a similar light. But the Post's report Jan. 24 on his speech at the "Defeat the Mandates" rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial was "particularly egregious," he said.

After receiving a cease-and-desist letter from his lawyer, Malone said, the Post "put out another attack article in which they repeated the same defamatory statements."

"So that appears to show malice," he said.

The second piece, Jan. 25, was a Post editorial titled "Vaccine doubters deserve answers, not dangerous lie."

Significantly, Post staff writer Timothy Bella labeled as "misinformation" Malone's statement that the vaccines "are not working," citing studies in the CDC's sponsored journal as a counterpoint. WND, seeking comment from Bella, received an automatic reply from his email account explaining he is on parental leave until mid-December.