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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: TomSea on February 26, 2020, 09:03:50 pm
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Trump Campaign Sues New York Times for Libel over Russia ‘Conspiracy’ Story
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has sued the New York Times for libel regarding a 2019 op-ed, alleging that the establishment newspaper published false allegations with purpose of hurting the president’s chances of winning a second term.
The re-election campaign alleges that the Times erroneously reported that the president had an agreement with “Vladimir Putin’s oligarchy†to help defeat his Democrat rival, Hillary Clinton, in the 2016 presidential election. The purported claims were made by Max Frankel, a former executive editor of the paper, in an article titled: “The Real Trump-Russia Quid Pro Quo.â€
The lawsuit, filed in New York State Supreme Court, also accuses the Times of engaging in a “systematic pattern of bias†against PresidentTrump’s re-campaign with the aim of damaging its reputation beyond repair.
Read more at: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/26/trump-campaign-sues-new-york-times-for-libel-over-russia-conspiracy/ (https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/26/trump-campaign-sues-new-york-times-for-libel-over-russia-conspiracy/)
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https://pjmedia.com/trending/libel-trump-campaign-sues-new-york-times-over-article-claiming-an-overarching-deal-with-russia/ (https://pjmedia.com/trending/libel-trump-campaign-sues-new-york-times-over-article-claiming-an-overarching-deal-with-russia/)
LIBEL: Trump Campaign Sues New York Times Over Article Claiming an 'Overarching Deal' With Russia
President Donald Trump's re-election campaign filed a libel lawsuit against The New York Times on Wednesday, accusing America's newspaper of record of defamation in an article claiming that Trump's 2016 campaign had an "overarching deal" with Russia regardless of the fact that Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence of collusion.
"Today the President’s re-election campaign filed suit against the New York Times for falsely stating the Campaign had an 'overarching deal' with 'Vladimir Putin’s oligarchy' to 'help the campaign against Hillary Clinton' in exchange for 'a new pro-Russian foreign policy, starting with relief from ... economic sanctions,'" Jenna Ellis, senior legal aid to the Trump campaign, said in a statement.
"The statements were and are 100 percent false and defamatory. The complaint alleges The Times was aware of the falsity at the time it published them, but did so for the intentional purpose of hurting the campaign, while misleading its own readers in the process," she insisted.
Heh! If the NYT tries the public figure defense, there should be zero trouble demonstrating the NYT harbored and expressed Hate-Trump malice.
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Fantastic!!! I love discovery!!!
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Trump.com 2/26/2020
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/trump-campaign-files-libel-suit-against-new-york-times/ (https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/trump-campaign-files-libel-suit-against-new-york-times/)
Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. today filed a libel lawsuit against the New York Times over a story falsely reporting as fact a conspiracy with Russia. The lawsuit, filed today in the New York State Supreme Court, aims to hold the news organization accountable for intentionally publishing false statements against President Trump’s campaign.
Statement from Jenna Ellis, Senior Legal Adviser to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.:
“Today the President’s re-election campaign filed suit against the New York Times for falsely stating the campaign had an ‘overarching deal’ with ‘Vladimir Putin's oligarchy’ to ‘help the campaign against Hillary Clinton’ in exchange for ‘a new pro-Russian foreign policy, starting with relief from ... economic sanctions.’ The statements were and are 100 percent false and defamatory. The complaint alleges The Times was aware of the falsity at the time it published them, but did so for the intentional purpose of hurting the campaign, while misleading its own readers in the process.â€
For a copy of the filing click here (https://assets.donaldjtrump.com/2017/web/hero_images/Draft_NYT_Complaint_(NY_State_Court)1.pdf).
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I hope Trump drives them permanently out of business.
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A retraction on page A22 isn't going to cut it.
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If I were the judge who had to hear this type of case an' found for the plaintive, number one there would be absolutely no gag order on any settlement butt I would alo order that the division of the Propaganda Ministry For the Left-wing Fascist Agenda who was sued would have to publish the retraction on the front page or report the retraction on primetime at least twice a week for a whole year. In addition to triple requested damages. Also if the retraction did not appear immediately a warrant would be issued for the propagandists an' their superiors to be brought to my courtroom in handcuffs to 'splain themselves. Then they would be in "my" jail until the terms of the settlement are met.
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