A federal judge has ordered the conservative television personality Glenn Beck to reveal two confidential sources from the Department of Homeland Security, who provided him with information on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

A Saudi Arabian man, who was injured in the Boston Marathon bombings, had filed a defamation lawsuit against Glenn Beck in 2014, accusing the conservative commentator of calling him "the money man" behind the attack.

Abdulrahman Alharbi said in the lawsuit that his reputation was "substantially and severely damaged" as the result of Beck's statements on the air, linking him to the bombings.

According to the reporters, U.S. District Court Judge Patti Saris ruled that Beck must disclose the names of the two sources who reportedly gave him and his producer the information that Alharbi was connected to the attacks.

Alharbi was a spectator near the marathon finish line when the bombs went off.  according to the lawsuit, he was injured and was questioned by authorities who searched his Revere apartment before determining that he had no connection to the attack, .

Later, Beck "repeatedly and falsely identified Mr. Alharbi as an active participant in the attack that killed three people and injured more than 260, on April 15, 2013.

According to the lawsuit, Beck repeatedly questioned the motives of federal officials in failing to pursue or detain Alharbi and falsely accused Mr. Alharbi of being a criminal who had funded the attacks at the Boston Marathon”.

The judge has ruled that Allharbi was not a public figure at the time of Beck's allegations.

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By Prakriti Neogi