Posted on 01/23/2019 9:58:02 AM PST by Based Newsman
Attorney Robert Barnes on Fox and Friends this morning.
"Were Giving Major Media, Celebrities 48 Hours to Apologize to Covington Kids or Face Lawsuit"
BARNES: Because these are all private citizens and many of them minors and kids the law is that saying anything about them is libel. And you dont have a defense of actual malice all you have to prove is negligence. So a lot of these journalists who have been saying false statements about these kids, false statements about the kids at the Lincoln Memorial, false statements about various photographs that are related to the school, slurring and libeling the entire school and all the alumnae of the school and all you have to prove is that they were negligent in doing so. At this standpoint at this point in time it is clear that anyone who continues to libel about these kids has done so illegally and can be sued for it.
FOX and Friends: Why do you want to do this? Why do you want to help the families?
BARNES: Well the nature of libel lawsuits is that they generally are very hard to bring. They cost between a quarter of a million and a million dollars to bring. Thats how much powerful people will use for their legal fees to defend such suits. So I wanted to equalize the playing field. These are people who couldnt afford to bring this claim on their own behalf. Thats why I offered my services for free because somebody needed to stop this from occurring to other kids across the country Everybody is now
FOX and Friends: I understand you want to give 48 hours notice. Thats your plan.
BARNES: Everybody is now on 48 hours notice. So by Friday everybody needs to retract and correct any false statements they have issued about these kids. That means any major member of the media. That means any celebrity. That means anybody with a substantial social media platform. If you have said anything false about these kids. They are willing to to offer you a 48 hour time period, a period of grace, consistent with their Christian faith, for you to through confessions get redemption to retract and apologize. If you do not in the next week you may be a defendant in a lawsuit.
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You’re certainly prolific with your blog today, hawking stolen videos for blog traffic.
He should have given them 24 hours. The Friday deadline allows backpage retractions while nobody is paying attention and doesn't give time for the story to grow legs. Sunday talk shows will give the story a quick mention and by Monday the left will claim this is old news that has already been discussed "at length."
THIS !
I did some quick research. Barnes sounds like the real deal. Grew up in poverty. From Chattanooga. Delivered newspapers with dad. His dad died when he was 12. Won cocoa cola scholarship to private school. Attended yale but left cause if elitism.describes himself as a populist.
Will “I’m sorry if anyone was offended” count?
Is he actually representing the people, or just yapping what he would do if he was?
How about if they simply move to another country?
Didn’t realize there was a different standard for kids
Surprisingly, Samantha C*** was smart enough to keep her hole shut about this.
NOW I hope one of these haters punches that kid so he can go to college on all of their dimes! I hope that the colleges that deny them admissions also get sued for actual harm.
This is why the NYT decided to backoff today.
Someone told them this was coming and they could charged with Slander, RICO and Obstruction of Justice.
This is good news.
But hell tweet for you.
He said He was representing 3 groups. Boys at March. Alumni. People in photos.
He said He was representing 3 groups. Boys at March. Alumni. People in photos.
Barnes won over 500k betting on a Trump win. He is smarter than us. Even trump didn’t think he would actually win.
From a southern, rural, poor family. There were 6 kids and dad died when he was 12. A populist. He knows what he is doing.
Wonderful. I mean that.
I hope the days of us having to sit by and take crap from the left and the lame stream are ending thanks to Trump’s leadership we may actually grow a spine.
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