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Five@slrpnk.net to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

Trump Threatens To Sue ProPublica For Reporting On Payouts To Witnesses In His Various Cases

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Five@slrpnk.net to Politics@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago
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ProPublica has quite a scoop of a story, highlighting how various witnesses and potential witnesses in the long list of lawsuits Donald Trump is facing, suddenly, coincidentally, seem to be getting…
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    I hope he does, that would be hilarious. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of seeing him get his ass handed to him in court.

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      He’ll sue Propublica, the case will go to court and he’ll payout the witnesses 🤣

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    The letter warned that if the outlet and its reporters “continue their reckless campaign of defamation, President Trump will evaluate all legal remedies.”

    The only legal remedy they’re suggesting here is a defamation/libel suit. If Trump is asserting that ProPublica’s reporting on these oh so coincidental payments is false, then he will have to prove its falsehood. Furthermore, he will have to prove that ProPublica acted with actual malice.

    • “Generally, to prove defamation, you must show that a false statement was made, about you, to third parties, and which caused you damage.”
    • “To win a libel suit, a public figure must prove the publisher of the false statements acted with actual malice. Actual malice means that the publisher knew that the statements were false or acted with reckless disregard for whether they were true or false. This is much harder to prove than negligence.”

    You’re out of your element, Donny.

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      But, but… Dragging things out forever in court is his only move?

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      Sadly. All his base sees is he claims it’s defamation. Therefor it is. 🤦

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    He threatens to sue. He doesn’t have the money or bandwidth to actually sue.

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    I double dog dare ya.

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