https://www.yahoo.com/news/fresh-charges-tie-trump-even-041853153.html ("As of Saturday morning, Trump had made no acknowledgment of his loss in court." Let;s see, we got 60 odd "voter fraud" lawsuits file on his behalf, EVERY, SINGLE ONE OF THEM LOST, and there's a truckload of lawyers who are trouble for filing them; we got his suit against "Crooked Hillary," not only did it LOSE, he and joke of attorney, Habba, got BUGGERED for a 973k sanction, and, in a not unrelated development, his even DUMBER suit against NY AG Letita James was withdrawn THE NEXT DAY; He tried to countersue E. Jean Carroll and THAT got dismissed faster than he can scarf down 5 Big Macs; and, though his utterly ridiculous suit against Michael Cohen hasn't bee decided yet, the fact that MC just a few days ago got Mara LARDO to tap out in a suit brought by MC for legal fees, AND will get to depost Mango Mussolini in the still ongoing suit vs MC, does NOT bode will for a favorable outcome in that case, either-we all KNOW how bad Blubber Boy is in depositons, lol)
Josh Fiallo
Sat, July 29, 2023 at 8:26 AM PDT·2 min read
Donald Trump’s already-shaky defamation lawsuit against CNN officially flopped Friday, with the federal judge he appointed dismissing the case despite his pleas the network had associated him with Adolf Hitler.
The lawsuit centered around CNN’s coverage of Trump after his failed 2020 bid for re-election, where the network repeatedly used the term “the Big Lie” to refer to Trump’s claims the election was stolen.
Trump asserted the phrase likened him to Hitler because it’s been used to describe lies told by the Nazis to justify atrocities in the Holocaust. Trump claimed the phrase defamed him and suggested to viewers he’d be “Hitler-like” in a future political position.
Judge Raag Singhal disagreed, however. In a motion to dismiss seen by The Daily Beast, he wrote that Trump’s claims were a “stacking of inferences that cannot support a finding of falsehood.” In short, the claims against CNN didn’t amount to defamation under federal law.
“CNN’s use of the phrase ‘the Big Lie’ in connection with Trump’s election challenges does not give rise to a plausible inference that Trump advocates the persecution and genocide of Jews or any other group of people,” Singhal wrote. “No reasonable viewer could (or should) plausibly make that reference.”
Trump was demanding $475 million in the suit, which was filed in the Southern District of Florida—the jurisdiction that covers Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach estate.
The former president had pointed to five instances where “the Big Lie” was used to describe his unfounded election claims—some stated live on air, others in opinion pieces published on CNN’s website. The suit said CNN refused to retract the phrases when asked.
Singhal made clear he wasn’t a fan of CNN using the phrase, saying it was “odious and repugnant” to use it or other potential references to Hitler and the Holocaust in news stories.
Despite this, Singhal acknowledged, “bad rhetoric is not defamation when it does not include false statements of fact.” And, as its been proven in numerous recounts and audits, Trump’s claims about the 2020 election were indeed lies.
As of Saturday morning, Trump had made no acknowledgment of his loss in court.
Trump Handed Another Loss as Judge Dismisses His ‘Big Lie’ CNN Lawsuit
Josh Fiallo
Sat, July 29, 2023 at 8:26 AM PDT·2 min read
Donald Trump’s already-shaky defamation lawsuit against CNN officially flopped Friday, with the federal judge he appointed dismissing the case despite his pleas the network had associated him with Adolf Hitler.
The lawsuit centered around CNN’s coverage of Trump after his failed 2020 bid for re-election, where the network repeatedly used the term “the Big Lie” to refer to Trump’s claims the election was stolen.
Trump asserted the phrase likened him to Hitler because it’s been used to describe lies told by the Nazis to justify atrocities in the Holocaust. Trump claimed the phrase defamed him and suggested to viewers he’d be “Hitler-like” in a future political position.
Judge Raag Singhal disagreed, however. In a motion to dismiss seen by The Daily Beast, he wrote that Trump’s claims were a “stacking of inferences that cannot support a finding of falsehood.” In short, the claims against CNN didn’t amount to defamation under federal law.
“CNN’s use of the phrase ‘the Big Lie’ in connection with Trump’s election challenges does not give rise to a plausible inference that Trump advocates the persecution and genocide of Jews or any other group of people,” Singhal wrote. “No reasonable viewer could (or should) plausibly make that reference.”
Trump was demanding $475 million in the suit, which was filed in the Southern District of Florida—the jurisdiction that covers Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach estate.
The former president had pointed to five instances where “the Big Lie” was used to describe his unfounded election claims—some stated live on air, others in opinion pieces published on CNN’s website. The suit said CNN refused to retract the phrases when asked.
Singhal made clear he wasn’t a fan of CNN using the phrase, saying it was “odious and repugnant” to use it or other potential references to Hitler and the Holocaust in news stories.
Despite this, Singhal acknowledged, “bad rhetoric is not defamation when it does not include false statements of fact.” And, as its been proven in numerous recounts and audits, Trump’s claims about the 2020 election were indeed lies.
As of Saturday morning, Trump had made no acknowledgment of his loss in court.
