Trump Cheers on Covington Student's Lawsuit Against Washington Post: 'Go Get Them Nick!'
Source: Mediaite
by Aidan McLaughlin | Feb 20th, 2019, 8:03 am
President Donald Trump issued a tweet cheering on the defamation lawsuit a Kentucky high school student filed against The Washington Post for the papers coverage of his encounter with a Native American activist last month.
The lawsuit, according to the Post, claims the paper targeted and bullied 16-year-old Nicholas Sandmann because it wanted to advance its well-known and easily documented, biased agenda against President Donald J. Trump.
Go get them Nick, Trump tweeted to the MAGA hat-wearing student. Fake News!
Link to tweet
The suit was filed by Sandmanns parents, according to the Post, who are seeking $250 million in damages the sum Jeff Bezos paid for the paper when he bought it in 2013.
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exboyfil
(17,865 posts)I would like to see Sandmann at his deposition.
Botany
(70,613 posts)... an elderly Native American, be a part of a group of young men who chanted racist and anti Hispanic
phrases, and sexually harass young ladies as they were out on the National Mall because it wanted
to advance its well-known and easily documented, biased agenda against President Donald J. Trump.
Good luck with that lawsuit son. No doubt many of the very best civil lawyers in the nation want
to take on that case.
alp227
(32,065 posts)We can't rely on gossip and internet rumors to advance our side, if we are to condemn Russian bots, AM radio, and other liars on the right.
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/northern-ky/2019/02/13/bishop-covcath-students-did-not-instigate-d-c-incident-and-behavior-commendable/2858401002/
Botany
(70,613 posts)... when swimming in de nile.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)Boy, that's credible.
Tucker08087
(621 posts)Build the wall! I would assume that if the video is admitted into evidence, that would then be considered proof.
I also believe the one video of the girls was just one that was made public. I understood there to be more. If they were from another group, that will make a difference.
Whether they shouted hostile racist remarks is actually not the issue. The Native Americans are not suing. The kids parents are suing that tv made their kid look bad. From my perspective, he accomplished that all by himself. But Im not on that jury, so time will tell.
underpants
(182,947 posts)Just saying.
Botany
(70,613 posts)BTW most civil lawyers get a % of the money that is awarded to the victim and it
is somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 of the total. So if I do my math right 1/2 of nothing
is nothing.
I hope the young man gets a chance to grow up and get away from the factors that
have led him to be such a smiling punk.
underpants
(182,947 posts)Id there are bills to pay to the lawyer(s) I wouldnt be surprised if this is a collective effort by the Covington families. Rich people arent used to losing.
Botany
(70,613 posts)... targeted voters. Judicial Crisis Network had 18 million $s (I think that is the figure)
to grease the skids to get Brett Kavanaugh on the SCOTUS and these kids from Covington,
KY are right in their "sweet spot" in order to keep their base fired up.
I hope that young man has a chance to get out and see the world, read some different
materials, hear different voices, smoke some dope, and watch the sun set over the Pacific.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)They have tons of money to push these things.
The only good thing about this is maybe it will take some $$ away from their other efforts. Like anti-choice and anti-healthcare work.
Initech
(100,108 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,025 posts)This racist little turd is going nowhere.
DownriverDem
(6,232 posts)I abhor trump and all repubs. Impeach the MF-er!
Roy Rolling
(6,941 posts)Courts. Drag it through the courts where those he can influence will rule in his favor.
Mr. Frost
(75 posts)Most importantly expect the worst. One must be prepared if Sandmann does succeed. No one should be overconfident and a back up plan must be in place in case the worst becomes reality.
ChiTownDenny
(747 posts)change the names of the plaintiff and the defendant then this lawsuit could be used as a template for a Bezos lawsuit against National Enquirer/AMI.
Mr. Frost
(75 posts)buy out the paper just to put it out of business if he is not president.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,291 posts)sounds like it was written by a teabagger
PatSeg
(47,648 posts)Oh yeah, that sounds reasonable!
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)hotrod0808
(323 posts)that the girls in the video taken just before he confronted Nathan Phillips sue the little bastard for harassment and discrimination. I'd say that $300 million would be a good number for them to seek in damages.
Hugin
(33,222 posts)Including the AP and Reuters news services... Seems kind of biased.
Skewed.
This fact alone is probably what will get the case dismissed and it is a critical difference with what happened with the Gawker and Hogan.
Paladin
(28,277 posts)KPN
(15,665 posts)ones path in front of them.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)I'd bet that Sandmann likes beer.
SKKY
(11,826 posts)...I doubt he's concerned.