Presidents are public figures and libel law is complex and nuanced when it comes to fact vs. opinion. |
Public figures can still sue for libel. The bar is higher, but this would clear it. |
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To clarify, the materials would be marked TS/SCI and could only seen by someone with the appropriate clearance who has been read into a SCIF. They are likely to consist in part of analyses of decrypted communications intercepts (SIGINT) based on other reporting. |
This sounds bad |
From the WSJ:
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“The Daily” Podcast had on a reporter who reported that for weeks before he left the White House he was asking staff to bring him this document or that document into his residence. No one was logging what they gave him. I think staff was sloppy, but Trump just flagrantly didn’t want to comply with the Presidential Records Act. He considered the documents his, not the nations and behaved accordingly. |
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Hey! As a French national, what’s this about “President of France”???
Now this is a global problem. If Trump was going to exploit French nuclear tech or French secrets, there’s going to be hell to pay. |
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How many lies has Trumpworld told about this just since Monday?
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It is bad. |