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Jurors will hear closing arguments today in the 

defamation suit brought by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura against Navy SEAL Chris Kyle

. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Steve Karnowski, who's been covering the trial for the Associated Press.

Ventura says Kyle made up a story about a 2006 bar fight between the two men in his bestselling memoir "American Sniper." But Ventura says the fight never happened and he wants to clear his name.

Jurors will hear closing arguments today in the defamation suit brought by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura against Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Steve Karnowski, who's been covering the trial for the Associated Press.

Jurors will hear closing arguments today in the defamation suit brought by former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura.  Ventura says author and former navy SEAL Chris Kyle made up a story about a 2006 bar fight between the two men.  Kyle wrote about the fight in his bestselling memoir "American Sniper."   But Ventura says it never happened and he wants to clear his name.  MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Steve Karnowski, who's been covering the trial for the Associated Press.

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