CNN asks judge to dismiss Trump defamation claim

CNN is asking a judge in Florida to toss a lawsuit filed by former President Trump against the network earlier this fall on First Amendment grounds.

The cable news network and Trump’s lawyers have battled in court in recent weeks over the former president’s lawsuit accusing CNN of defamation over its coverage of his 2020 election claims.

In the lawsuit filed in October, Trump’s attorneys argued CNN “has sought to use its massive influence — purportedly as a ‘trusted’ news source — to defame the Plaintiff in the minds of its viewers and readers for the purpose of defeating him politically, culminating in CNN claiming credit for ‘[getting] Trump out’ in the 2020 presidential election.”

Niccolo’ Machiavelli wrote, “Men are publicly indicted before the magistrates, the people and the councils; they are falsely accused in the public squares and under the porticoes.” He drew a couple of lessons that would serve America well today. First, false accusations in free societies, where all citizens are equal before the law, are detestable and horribly corrosive.

Second, the flurry of unsourced rumors and accusations fomented by the democrat/media complex against the Trump administration reflect weak institutions incapable of protecting the civil society that republics stand upon. Machiavelli perceived that well-organized republics “allow charges to be made against any citizen . . . without fear and without respect to the individual’s position. After the charge has been made and thoroughly examined, (society) must severely punish those who make false accusations.”

The Trump/Russian hack rumors should have been immediately referred to a Grand Jury.

Instead of trusting a corrupt DOJ/FBI dominated by the destructive democrat operatives, or a hapless congressional committee, turn the matter over to fellow citizens. The Grand Jury goes back to medieval times, and is the preferred, standing institution of which Machiavelli spoke. Our survival depends on outing and punishing the instigators of whisper campaigns, the deep democrat moles in government and their media allies.

Destructive Democrats.

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