Trump Campaign Sues Washington Post Over ‘False And Defamatory Statements’ About Russia Conspiracy

breitbart ^ | 3-3-2020 | kyle morris

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President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign filed a libel lawsuit against the Washington Post for “millions of dollars” on Tuesday, claiming the outlet published “false and defamatory statements” about an alleged conspiracy with Russia.

The complaint, which was first obtained by Fox News, was filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C., by attorneys David C. Tobin and Charles J. Harder. The complaint specifically notes two Post articles that were published in June of 2019 and contain statements about foreign campaign interference.

Jenna Ellis, senior legal adviser to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. said:

The statements were and are 100 percent false and defamatory. The complaint alleges The Post was aware of the falsity at the time it published them, but did so for the intentional purpose of hurting the campaign while misleading its own readers in the process.

The complaint highlighted Greg Sargent’s June 13, 2019, “Trump just invited another Russian attack. Mitch McConnell is making one more likely,” and claimed it contained the defamatory statement that Special Counsel Robert Mueller concluded that Trump’s campaign “tried to conspire with” Russia’s “sweeping and systematic” attack during the 2016 election. The complaint stated the remark was “false and defamatory.”

The complaint said, “The Mueller Report concluded there was no conspiracy between the Campaign and the Russian government, and no United States person intentionally coordinated with Russia’s efforts to interfere with the 2016 election.”

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[DoughtyOne]

Good. I hope he shuts the place down, by winning his suit.

[highpockets]

President Trump suits are not geared to win a judgement. They are being brought get to SCOTUS to reverse Sullivan Vs NYT.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the mention.

I’m not well versed on that case.

[I want the USA back]

Good. Put the rag out of business.