Michael J. Gottlieb is part of a cadre of lawyers deploying defamation, one of the oldest areas of the law, against a tide of political disinformation.
  • Optional@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    In January the lawyer Roberta Kaplan defeated former President Donald J. Trump in court when a jury ordered him to pay $83 million for defaming her client, E. Jean Carroll, a writer he sexually abused.

    Raped. He raped her. NYT, you think you won’t win the frivolous suit the demented rapist will bring? Or are you just doing the usual hedging-on-the-conservative-side that you do to stay ingratiated with money.

    Yeah. You’re not brave, NYT.