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Texin

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7. Exactement! How 'bout the two of them file jointly to sue tRump for slander and libel.

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #6)

Mon Apr 16, 2018, 11:04 AM

Apr 2018

He's smearing both of them with vague "crimes" with no proof. That's behavior that will get any publisher or public figure enmeshed in a legal suit. He is in effect committing libel (his Tweets are in the print domain) and he's slandering Comey (and McCabe) because he can't stop making rabid specious verbal accusations (slander) with no substantiation to back them up.

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Trump accuses James Comey and Andrew McCabe of 'many crimes' in flailing morning tweet [View all] DonViejo Apr 2018 OP

The others! The others! They're always to blame. Croney Apr 2018 #1

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And sadly, they are not eligible for presidential pardon either Zambero Apr 2018 #4

I thought this clown went to Marm-a-Lado last night. Dave Starsky Apr 2018 #5

Can you say "lawsuit"? brooklynite Apr 2018 #6

Exactement! How 'bout the two of them file jointly to sue tRump for slander and libel. Texin Apr 2018 #7

Flailing is a great word RhodeIslandOne Apr 2018 #8

So now the dotard is a prosecutor Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2018 #9

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