Posted on 05/21/2023 9:43:55 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Former President Donald Trump's social media company has sued The Washington Post for defamation over an article it published earlier this month and is seeking $3.78 billion in damages.
The lawsuit by Trump Media and Technology Group, which owns the Truth Social platform, was filed Saturday night in Florida state court in Sarasota County and accuses one of America's most storied newspapers of publishing a story of libel and slander that the suit claims poses an "existential threat" to the social media company.
The spokesperson for The Washington Post did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday.
The suit alleges the Post "published an egregious hit piece that falsely accused TMTG of securities fraud and other wrongdoing" and "has been on a years-long crusade against TMTG characterized by the concealment of relevant information in its possession."
"WaPo's false criminal charges exposed TMTG to public ridicule, contempt and distrust, and injured TMTG's business and reputation," the suit said.
You can read the suit here.
File - Complaint - 5.20.23.pdf - https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2023-05/Complaint%20-%205.20.23_0.pdf
The legal action by the Trump firm comes just a few weeks after the Post won two Pulitzer Prize awards for its reporting last year and Fox News settled a $1.2 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million.
(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...
If the trial and the Judge are from DC this will go nowhere.
The lawsuit was filed in Sarasota, Florida. I’m sure there is substantial difference between the caliber of a jury pool in Sarasota vs DC.
Indeed, I imagine Sarasota has a lot of Republicans that might end up on the jury.
Wapo is in serious jeopardy now. They have a good chance to be facing a jury pool that hates the media and well paid and I’m sure top notch attorneys are after a piece of their fanny.
On May 13, 2023, WaPo published an online article with the clickbait
headline, “Trust linked to porn-friendly bank could gain a stake in Trump’s Truth
Social”. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/13/trump-truth-socialloan-questions/ (the “WaPo Article”)]
3.78 billion dollars would provide for a lot of campaign funding. Get’er done!
FILE these cases in MIXED areas......you will NEVER win in these Democrat Strongholds!
Sarasota is the opposite of D.C. or San Fran...good point
Florida state court.
Of course, it will be removed to Florida federal court, and a motion for change of venue then filed.
good for TS! frickin tyrants are trying to ruin the company, same as SEC is doing.
I hope that's enough for him.
Linky no worky.
“...America’s most storied newspapers...”
That means that WaPo makes up a lot of stories.
The link works fine.
Pocket change for Bezos.
Devin Nunes will be a billionaire like the other tech CEOs.
WAPO will be absolutely DESPERATE to try to get it moved to the DC Swamp.
WAPO does business in the state of florida and is thus subject to the jurisdiction of the Florida courts.
Oh I agree. They entered the “stream of commerce” and thus are subject to the jurisdiction of any state in which they do business including Florida.
That said, you and I both know they will be absolutely desperate to try to drag it back to the corrupt courts in the Swamp where they know they’ll be protected. I don’t expect their efforts to succeed.
Nope. I get an error on tablet and PC.
“The link works fine.”
That’s funny, because it’s formatted incorrectly.
Correct link:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/13/trump-truth-social-loan-questions/
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