Posted on 09/26/2011 3:53:55 PM PDT by Al B.
Sarah Palin’s family attorney John Tiemessen has written a letter to Maya Mavjee, the publisher of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, that Palin may sue her, the company, and the book’s author Joe McGinniss “for knowingly publishing false statements” in his book released last week, “The Rogue,” ABC News has learned.
The book was widely panned by critics for using unnamed sources to criticize Palin and her family. Tiemessen cites an email they have access to in which McGinniss writes that attorneys from Crown Publishing told him “nothing I can cite other than my own reporting rises above the level of tawdry gossip. The proof is always just around the corner, but that is a corner nobody has been able to turn” and that McGinniss “ran out of time” to sufficiently source the book.
A source close to the Palins tells ABC News that the “Palins are fighting back and demanding answers from Random House.”
“Random House is at the top of the food chain and published a book based upon acknowledged unsubstantiated gossip,” the source said. “The revealing email is key as evidence of this defamatory approach to politics through proxies.”
Tiemessen writes in the letter that the email “clearly describes the fact that Mr. McGinniss researched and investigated many false and scurrilous allegations, and concluded that there was absolutely no evidence anywhere backing these allegations.”
Palin’s attorney writes that it is “malicious” for Crown to publish the book when it has proof McGinniss and Crown “were fully aware the statements in the book were false, intended to be false, and were intended to harm.”
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My guess is that the driving force behind this action is Todd. Based on his quiet fury last week, I think that he has had enough of the garbage being hurled at his family.
Agreed.
I want to see scorched earth on this one, as a lesson to others from the big momma grizzly!
The worst thing a Lib author can do is make his subject the victim. Its no wonder why Behar gave him grief. Making Palin a victim only makes her gain sympathy from women voters. They don’t want that to happen.
Agree re “scorched earth policy”.
Also, one other thing... There should be a large virtual banquet hall here at FR for all those “non-judgmental” Freepers who knee-jerk responded upon the release of McGinnis “book” by buying into the known pervert/prevaricator’s lies and declaring Palin’s political future to be “toast”. Don’t hear too much from them these days!!
Great idea! I’ll bring the chips!
As to those who were desperately looking for reasons to dislike Sara, STBT (Sucks To Be Them)!!!
Banquet hall would be serving baked crow, of course, with whine as the beverage of choice!
OOPs!
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