Trump sues CNN for Defamation (1 Viewer)

[wardorican]

Trump sues CNN for defamation

He is asking for punitive damages of $475 million.

www.cbsnews.com

As a public figure and political figure, I believe this will be a very uphill battle for the former president.

 

[MT15]

He already tried this with a different suit (IIRC) and it was quickly dismissed. He wouldn’t let this go to trial, IMO, because truth is a valid defense. He is just hoping CNN would settle and give him some money. Either that or it’s a diversion tactic. I’m a bit surprised he can find lawyers to file these nuisance suits. Especially since he is reluctant to pay his lawyers, reportedly.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Trump sues CNN for defamation

He is asking for punitive damages of $475 million.

www.cbsnews.com

As a public figure and political figure, I believe this will be a very uphill battle for the former president.

In particular, Trump argues that he's entitled to hundreds of millions of dollars in punitive damages because of CNN's use of the term the "Big Lie" to describe Trump's "stated concerns about the integrity of the election process for the 2020 presidential election." Trump's lawyers say that the "Big Lie" "is a direct reference to a tactic employed by Adolf Hitler and appearing in Hitler's "Mein Kampf."

So, they chose to highlight that CNN's repeated use of the phrase "the big lie" has caused him harm and then references his "favorite book to prove their point. Bold Strategy.

Meanwhile, he is still out there shouting out his lies regarding the 2020 election. Hell, he still brings up his popular vote loss to HRC in 2016! He even had those accusations investigated while he was in office and, to no one surprise, they came up with nothing to support his false claims.

 

[Saintamaniac]

I'm not a lawyer so I might sound slightly more sensical than some of trump's actual lawyers. If I was CNN, I'd file a countersuit to trump's lawsuit and move immediately to discovery and force trump to drop the suit on his own for fear of what they would find.

For our actual lawyers here, I welcome any "that's not how this works" posts.

 

[SaulGoodmanEsq]

Is this one of his lawyers that look like they can double as a Hooters waitress?

 

[superchuck500]

Trump sues CNN for defamation

He is asking for punitive damages of $475 million.

www.cbsnews.com

As a public figure and political figure, I believe this will be a very uphill battle for the former president.

Trump has long harbored fantasies of overturning the NYT v. Sullivan case. As an authoritarian he views a "hands off" approach to media as wrong and unfair and he thinks the actual malice standard is too high of a burden.

I think he fully intends to lose this case on the Sullivan standard precisely so that he can bring it to a Supreme Court that he believes is ripe to revisit it.

 

[brandon]

I think he fully intends to lose this case on the Sullivan standard precisely so that he can bring it to a Supreme Court that he believes is ripe to revisit it.

Now you're getting it.

 

[superchuck500]

Now you're getting it.

Ha.

Fair - but I also don't think that things happen simply because Trump wants them to. He's actually got quite a poor record of that.