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Trump 2020 Sues 'Washington Post,' Days After 'N.Y. Times' Defamation Suit

Trump 2020 Sues 'Washington Post,' Days After 'N.Y. Times' Defamation Suit

March 3, 20205:47 PM ET
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The Trump campaign has filed a lawsuit against The Washington Post.

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President Trump's reelection campaign has sued The Washington Post claiming defamation in two opinion pieces published last June.

Both pieces raised concerns that Trump had invited Russia's help to boost his electoral fortunes. The lawsuit follows last week's defamation suit against The New York Times over an opinion piece written by the paper's former executive editor, Max Frankel, on the same subject.

The lawsuits dovetail with the president's ongoing political strategy of targeting major media outlets as foes.

The president is once more represented by the lawyer Charles Harder, known for helping to run media and gossip blog Gawker out of business. Harder previously represented first lady Melania Trump in securing settlements after filing defamation complaints against the Daily Mail and a Maryland blogger. Harder has also threatened litigation against major news organizations, including NPR, for other clients who were subject to critical coverage.

The lawsuit against the Post, filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington, D.C., alleges Trump was defamed in columns by the liberal commentators Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman. Both referred to remarks Trump made to ABC's George Stephanopoulos in which he defended the idea of accepting damaging information about political opponents from foreign governments.

Trump and/or his campaign....tried to conspire with" Russia's interference in the 2016 elections. Waldman's column asked: "Who knows what sort of aid Russia and North Korea will give to the Trump campaign now that he has invited them to offer their assistance?"

The president's lawsuit refers to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The suit maintains that the final report "concluded there was no conspiracy between the [2016] Campaign and the Russian government, and no United States person intentionally coordinated with Russia's efforts."

The Mueller report did say it "did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in the election interference activities." But it also concluded that "the campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts."

First Amendment scholars tell NPR that prominent public officials must meet a tough legal standard to win defamation cases, especially those involving opinion pieces. That's even more true for the nation's chief executive, who is expected to be subject to widespread public criticism and scrutiny.
 
My opinion is you're a mindless member of the Trump cult who humps flags on the street for spare change.

Sue me.
 
My opinion is you're a mindless member of the Trump cult who humps flags on the street for spare change.

Sue me.

thats a poor guess , and yet

when reviewing your form , you have been exposed as a sore loser that Still

hasn't got over 2016 .. get ready because the sequel is about to take purchase

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My opinion is you're a mindless member of the Trump cult who humps flags on the street for spare change.

Sue me.

thats a poor guess , and yet

when reviewing your form , you have been exposed as a sore loser that Still

hasn't got over 2016 .. get ready because the sequel is about to take purchase

3rgq7s.jpg

This is 2020, I'm not concerned with the 2016 election.

What I find kind of gross is people who fall into cults of personality and lose their ability to criticize politicians. It's that kind of thinking that destroys democracies.
 
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In depth and reminds me how humans used to talk to each other.
 
leaner is better! Trump has cut record taxes and regulations. thats why the economy is going gangbusters, my friends!
 
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