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Dan Gillmor
@dangillmor@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Dear First Amendment lawyers:

Is it really possible to libel people as sleazy as the Trumps?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqjyw0l9d82o

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demi7en 馃帡馃嚜馃嚭
@demi7en@infosec.exchange replied  路  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@dangillmor I'd be interested in a congressional hearing into Melanya's (whom trump has endearingly referred to as "Melony") acquisition of the "Einstein visa"...

IIRC fraud in such matters is a federal crime.

#melaniatrump #einsteinvisa#ICE

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Gerard Cunningham 鉁掞笍
@faduda@mastodon.ie replied  路  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@dangillmor

With the Roberts court hearing the case?

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Oggie
@Oggie@woof.group replied  路  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@dangillmor
So, amusing thing, I'm pretty sure (I am NOT a 1A lawyer!) this claim has actually shot herself in the foot, for -this- case. If he chooses to reply to this, then he might be in trouble if he were to say it again, but if he ignores it, he's probably in the clear.

No 'reckless disregard for the truth' (intent to mislead) or 'knowingly false', and Hunter can probably swear that neither applies. He had no reason to think the claim was false or even defamatory, he didn't originate it

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Lilly Hunter
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot replied  路  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@dangillmor She's actually beginning to resemble her husband/mark. Perhaps they have the same plastic surgeon
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JW
@jwi@aus.social replied  路  activity timestamp 2 months ago
@dangillmor
The amount she's seeking shows its a malicious law suite designed to silence critics.
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