Posted on 07/30/2018 5:59:13 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer is threatening to take legal action against The Associated Press over a report from the wire service about an incident on his book tour.
Spicer’s attorney Michael Bowe said in a statement Saturday night that the AP “recklessly republished a categorically false accusation about Sean Spicer.”
“The claim is a lie. Absent an immediate retraction, Mr. Spicer will take legal action Monday,” Bowe said.
The AP report, published Saturday, documented an incident at Spicer’s book signing in Middletown, R.I., on Friday during which a black man claiming to be a former classmate of Spicer’s at Portsmouth Abbey School accused Spicer of using a racial slur.
A publicist for Spicer told the AP that the former press secretary was "taken aback" by the "outrageous" claim.
Regnery Publishing publicist Lauren McCue said Spicer "can’t recall any incident” like the one the man described.
Video of the encounter published by NewportRI.com shows the man, identified as Alex Lombard, approaching Spicer at event.
"Sean, I was a day student at [Portsmouth] Abbey, too, with you,” Lombard said.
“Hey," Spicer replies. "Yes, how are you?”
You don’t remember that you tried to fight me?" Lombard said. "But you called me a [n-word] first."
The video then shows security escorting Lombard out of the event.
"I was 14 then. I was a scared kid then, Sean. I’m not scared to fight you now," Lombard can be heard yelling.
Spicer is currently on tour promoting his new book, “The Briefing: Politics, The Press, and the President,” about his time in the White House. The former aide left the White House last summer.
This isn't the first incident Spicer has faced on his book tour: A man interrupted a Wednesday event in New York City, yelling that Spicer is a "real piece of garbage."
Why advertise it just do it
They just need to be defeated.
Period.
The press dehumanization of anyone associated with Trump continues unabated. The intent is threefold.
1. To serve as a warning for anyone in the future to stay out of conservative administrations or have your life destroyed.
2. To continue to try and delegitimize Trump as “literally Hitler “ thru accusations of racism, etc. that they are made up accusations is irrelevant to the propaganda.
3. To agitate the real crazies on the Left into an assassination attempt against Trump in particular or Republicans in general. If this occurred, the MSM would tisk-tisk the event as “unfortunate, but understandable considering the decisive politics of Trump”, which of course they inflamed.
The MSM is like a deranged arsonist waving around a lit match in a warehouse full of propane tanks.
Hope Spicer sues for all he can get.
It seems the liberals now believe they can just make up stories of things that happened 20 or more years ago, and expect them to be believed, because there is no evidence either way. This will continue unless some are held accountable and punished.
When he was 14? Man, long time to hold a grudge even if it’s true. After all those years, people can just make stuff up and it’s suppose to stick?
Part of Obama’s army.
It never happened. I remember when I was 14 and someone called me that. My fist was making solid contact with the kids mouth just as the last syllable was uttered.
Yes, because any apology will only be seen by a small fraction of those who saw the original slander. Sue first, then consider dropping it if a sufficient apology is made.
Yup - Obama’s squad. He’ll get a new badge and a promotion.
Sue 1st and decline any apology.
Apologies have become a joke these days and mean zero.
They apologize for getting caught not for the act as they would do it again if they could be guaranteed not to be caught
“Garbage”. That’s their latest insulting description of Trump supporters. Waiting to hear the words they really mean: White Trash.
Hey, are we allowed to tell them they’re not allowed to say that?
The AP routinely lies, outright.
The only news is that someone is willing to sue them about it.
Sue them into bankruptcy.
“They just need to be defeated.”
Defeated yes,and sometimes defeated physically!
You nailed it!
Still, I think to win a lawsuit you'd have to prove the AP story was false and they knew it was false.
Typical
If the one had a son.
Whats up with all the articles from that liberal rag THE HILL its a democrat rag I thought Free Republic was a conservative web site??????
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