Donald Trump’s campaign announced on Tuesday that it filed a libel lawsuit against the Washington Post, accusing the newspaper publishing “false and defamatory statements” intended to “maliciously interfere with and damage” Trump’s reelection.
The lawsuit challenges two separate pieces from 2019 by Washington Postopinion writers Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman
Sargent’s piece quotes from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report about how the Trump campaign welcomed Russia’s interference in the 2016 election — a factual statement. Continue reading.