Trump Will Sue New York Times Over Assault Article: Reports

[Eugene]

Source: Huffington Post

Trump Will Sue New York Times Over Assault Article: Reports

The newspaper reported two women say Trump groped them.

10/12/2016 10:58 pm ET | Updated 6 hours ago

Mollie Reilly
Deputy Politics Editor, The Huffington Post

Donald Trump plans to sue The New York Times for publishing accounts of two women who say the GOP nominee groped them, ABC News and The Washington Post reported Wednesday. CNN reported that Trump also plans to sue The Palm Beach Post for reporting a third woman’s allegations.

Robert Costa ✔ @costareports
TRUMP is furious about the news stories tonight. "Going to war" is how multiple top sources describe the coming response...
9:41 PM - 12 Oct 2016
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Robert Costa ✔ @costareports
A lawsuit is being drafted now by Trump against the NYT. Very possible it could be announced tonight, though discussions ongoing.
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“We stand by the story, which falls clearly into the realm of public service journalism,” a Times spokesperson told The Huffington Post.

The article, published by the Times Wednesday evening, details the stories of two women who say Trump touched them inappropriately. Jessica Leeds said Trump grabbed her breasts and attempted to put his hand up her skirt while she sat next to him on an airliner in first class more than three decades ago. Rachel Crooks said Trump kissed her on the lips without her consent at Trump Tower in 2005.

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[saltpoint]

1. Trump's gonna bring the New York

Times to its knees. You betcha.

[apcalc]

2. Let the big shot sue....doubt the Times is worried about him.

[leftynyc]

3. LOL - there will be no lawsuit

He'll never open himself up to discovery. The threats are merely to get his mouth breathing imbecile supporters riled up.

[Raster]

8. You got it. Red meat for the faithful.

tRump would NEVER SURVIVE DISCOVERY. Period.

[gratuitous]

11. Yep, that's it exactly

There will be no lawsuit, only bluster and whining.

[Mr. Ected]

4. The same lout who dragged a group of discredited Bill Clinton accusers to a presidential debate

Sues anyone who accuses him of the same?

When it appears that the number of accusers is growing each and every day?

What a coward.

[unblock]

5. this is actually clever in a sense.

given the glacial pace of lawsuits, the only thing of consequence that likely to happen before the election is an injunction and the intimidation effect (nytimes might think twice about the stories it runs knowing they could be added to the suit).

after the election, trump will want to avoid discovery, but he can just drop the case. he has no real chance or point in pursuing the case after the election.

the only real challenge is keeping the case from being tossed out entirely. that could happen swiftly.

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. My prediction:

No he won't.



He's a stuck pig.

[jberryhill]

7. Go for it, Donnie

[demotux]

9. Where does the money come from?

The Trump Foundation? Russia? North Korea?

[Cicada]

10. Meghan Kelley comment: truth is a defense