Trump Threatens To Sue ProPublica For Reporting On Payouts To Witnesses In His Various Cases
Trump Threatens To Sue ProPublica For Reporting On Payouts To Witnesses In His Various Cases
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…
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.
He’ll sue ProPublica, the case will go to court and he’ll payout the witnesses 🤣
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.
But, but... Dragging things out forever in court is his only move?
Sadly. All his base sees is he claims it’s defamation. Therefor it is. 🤦
At this point, does anyone except Trump not know when he's bluffing? I mean, just think of the discovery this news publication could get if he did sue.
If he filed a suit, he'd be guaranteeing not just access, but court-enforced access, to the most relevant, secret documents proving his witness tampering.
I imagine that many of his supporters think he isn't bluffing. I don't think this is intended to prove it's a lies, but to signal to his less dedicated supporters that the publication is lying to hurt him. We can predict how this headline will be framed on Fox.
He threatens to sue. He doesn't have the money or bandwidth to actually sue.
I double dog dare ya.