Dee announced the possibility of legal action being taken against reporter Christiane Amanpour, who covered the attack in the Jordan Valley as a "shootout" Rabbi Botach, who is friendly with the family: "The lawsuit is not only because of emotional distress and defamation, but also because of incitement" Dee said that if CNN did not apologize, he planned to sue the network seeking $1.3 billion in damages, noting that it was the same amount for which Fox News was sued in the Dominion affair.