Trump threatens $5B defamation suit over CAP national guard study
TL;DR Summary
Trump’s personal attorney threatened a $5 billion defamation lawsuit against the Center for American Progress unless it retracts a July report that found the National Guard deployments in DC, Memphis, and Los Angeles did not measurably reduce crime and cost about $1.7 billion; CAP defended the report as factual and protected by the First Amendment.
- Trump threatens $5bn lawsuit over liberal National Guard policy report The Guardian
- Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic The New York Times
- Trump threatens think tank over D.C. crime report, extending intimidation campaign MS NOW
- Trump Threatens to Sue Over National Guard Report He Doesn’t Like The New Republic
- Trump lawyer to liberal think tank: Retract National Guard report that defames president The Hill
Reading Insights
Total Reads
0
Unique Readers
5
Time Saved
2 min
vs 3 min read
Condensed
88%
451 → 55 words
Want the full story? Read the original article
Read on The Guardian