President Trump’s hypocrisy accompanies him everywhere, from the Oval Office to his residences to his Twitter account and, notably, to the courthouse. Over the years, Trump has relied on the protections of the First Amendment while routinely smearing political opponents and critics in the media. Recently, his presidential campaign filed a volley of defamation actions complaining about his treatment by news organizations. Targets include The Washington Post, the New York Times and CNN.
One of those outlets just needled Trump over his legal opportunism.
The Times filed a motion Thursday to dismiss a complaint the Trump campaign filed in February over an opinion piece the newspaper published in 2019 by former executive editor Max Frankel. Coming just after Attorney General William P. Barr’s faulty summary of the Mueller report, Frankel argued that while there may not have been criminal cooperation/collusion/conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russians, there was a more ambient “overarching deal.” Continue reading.