Trump Baits the Press on Asylum No-Shows
By Andrew R. Arthur on November 2, 2018
The first rule of being a lawyer is to never become emotionally involved in a case. A leading lawyer in my home state of Maryland once told me that she only takes cases for money, never to prove a point. It is time that the press learned this simple legal rule, because they have been baited by the president's statements on asylum no-shows.
I can remember a time when the New York Times used to exclusively publish news articles that reported on the events of the day. They may still do so, but apparently fact-checking has also become a staple of the Gray Lady, at least since Donald Trump became president. The latest is an article captioned "FACT CHECK OF THE DAY, Trump's Falsehood-Laden Speech on Immigration". That article contains the following:
https://cis.org/Arthur/Trump-Baits-Press-Asylum-NoShows
