Trump’s lawsuit against the Des Moines Register is the latest sign of him experimenting with new legal tactics to attack the media.
Thanks to the First Amendment, defamation suits are hard for public figures to win. So he is turning to state consumer-protection laws.
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Trump Sues The Des Moines Register, Escalating Threats Against the Media
President-elect Donald J. Trump has said he would use his power to punish people he claims have wronged him. Those goals are now coming into focus.
