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    79 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.

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    49 months ago

    “The cost of bringing a defamation suit to trial can be enormous, often exceeding a quarter-million dollars’ worth of expenses, to say nothing of the value of attorney time,” […]

    Mr. Gottlieb and his team refer to their cases as a “hobby” in service to […]

    Insane.

    Given the spread and damage of misinformation, maybe it’s time for state prosecution to not only pursue physical danger criminals, but also system society relevant destabliators.