#DONALD TRUMP GAWKER FOR FREE#

?I spent a couple of bucks on legal fees, and they spent a whole lot more. Trump said in an interview that he knew he couldn?t win the suit but brought it anyway to make a point. Just a couple of weeks ago, in an article in the Washington Post, Trump flat out admitted that the lawsuit against O’Brien was a SLAPP suit, designed solely as a nuisance to O’Brien: Trump lost that suit big time, and was basically humiliated in the process, but still insists that he basically won the Wrong, totally proved my case but didn't get damages because the libel laws in this Country suck! And then, of course, there’s the famous case where he sued reporter Tim O’Brien for writing a book about him (that was actually mostly positive), but which pointed out that he was probably “only” worth a few hundred million dollars, rather than $10 billion.

He’s threatened or sued an awful lot of people over perceived slights, such as claiming it was defamation to post a picture of him next to a picture of South Carolina murderer Dylann Roof. And Trump is no stranger to SLAPP suits that are used to threaten or filed solely to silence people. For example, by blocking a federal anti-SLAPP bill from becoming law.

#DONALD TRUMP GAWKER FOR FREE#

Despite the fact that, even as President, he can’t really change such laws (there’s a little First Amendment issue to deal with), we noted that he can create real problems for free expression. We’ve written about Donald Trump’s announced plans to “ open up libel laws” which was specifically directed at the Washington Post, which he argued was purposely writing bad articles about him. Tue, Mar 22nd 2016 10:38am - Mike Masnick

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