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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Writes Unhinged 'Legal' Letter Demanding That CNN Pay Him Money
This week, right-wing hoaxster James OKeefe launched the latest of his series of secretly recorded videos, which purport to prove various conservative conspiracy theories but fail. The new version involves a CNN contractor recording employees grumbling about various complaints about the network, none of which establish the plot OKeefe set out to prove, and some of which suggest the opposite (an employee complains that CNN covers Trump rallies but not Biden ones, which are too boring).
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Continuing from this extremely shaky factual foundation, Trumps letter proceeds to a ludicrous legal argument: CNN has violated the Lanham Act, which controls truth in advertising. Therefore, by claiming to be a real news network while subjecting Trump to hours of critical coverage, it has misrepresented itself. For some reason Trump claims he is personally entitled to financial compensation from CNN as a result. Trump plans to seek compensatory damages, treble damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, reimbursement of legal costs, and all other available legal and equitable remedies.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/10/trump-letter-cnn-project-veritas-first-amendment.html
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Trump Writes Unhinged 'Legal' Letter Demanding That CNN Pay Him Money (Original Post)
Newest Reality
Oct 2019
OP
yardwork
(61,703 posts)1. The law firm representing Trump is called Harder LLP??!
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)4. I noticed that.
??? Maybe they are a subsidy of Dewey, Cheatem & Howe?
yardwork
(61,703 posts)5. No doubt. I sincerely doubt this law firm exists.
The president of the United States is threatening lawsuits against a news company using made-up letterhead.
Let that sink in.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)8. It's real
Harders a real person. He was the lawyer for Hulk Hogan when he sued Gawker.
Its looking as if he bit a lot more than he could chew this time
yardwork
(61,703 posts)10. The truth is even stranger than fiction. Thanks for the correction.
Cirque du So-What
(25,977 posts)2. He's like a despicable Don Quixote, tilting at CNN's windmills
He's so easily distracted. He'll be so surprised when the floor drops out from under his feet.
Clash City Rocker
(3,398 posts)3. Oh, he loves to threaten to sue people
But these days, hes in too much legal trouble to actually go through with it.
Leghorn21
(13,526 posts)6. "I want...MY MONEY!!!"
Honest to god, first thing I thought of was Pearl
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)7. Go ahead and sue, Orange Boy
Lets see how far it goes
tanyev
(42,613 posts)9. Dear Santa, all I want for Christmas is for Jacob Wohl and James O'Keefe to investigate each other.
Thank you,
tanyev
I would love to see that play out.
safeinOhio
(32,715 posts)11. Good thing that letters from a lawyer
(Nasty Grams) are a dime a dozen.