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Trump Campaign Sues Washington Post For ‘False, Defamatory Statements’

Joseph Curl
Trump Campaign Sues Washington Post For ‘False, Defamatory Statements’
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The Trump campaign on Tuesday filed a libel lawsuit against The Washington Post for “millions of dollars,” claiming the liberal newspaper published “false and defamatory statements” about an alleged conspiracy with Russia, Fox News reported.

The complaint obtained by Fox News was filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. by attorneys David C. Tobin and Charles J. Harder. It points to a pair of Post articles published in June 2019 that included statements tying the Trump campaign to foreign campaign interference.

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