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Trump threatens lawsuit against nonprofit that questioned whether National Guard plan lessened crime
CAP said it will not retract the report as Trump’s lawyer demanded a personal apology and warned of a $5 billion defamation suit.
- President Donald Trump is threatening a $5 billion defamation lawsuit against the Center for American Progress unless it retracts a National Guard report by 5 p.m. Friday, according to Trump's personal lawyer Alejandro Brito.
- The CAP report, published July 13, concluded there is "no compelling evidence that these deployments reduced homicides, violent crime, or gun violence," prompting Trump to call the analysis "another Radical Left SCAM" on social media.
- Supporting the findings, a Reuters investigation found National Guard soldiers were mentioned in just 1.3% of cases brought before the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, while CAP lawyer Kevin H. Metz called the threat "utterly absurd."
- Rejecting the retraction demand, CAP President Neera Tanden vowed the organization would "neither cower nor bend" in the face of what she called a "transparent attempt to silence us."
- Experts note that such legal threats often aim to push opponents into submission rather than address merits, reflecting Trump's broader pattern of using the legal system to intimidate critics and media outlets over unfavorable coverage.
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Trump threatens defamation suit against left-leaning think tank
President Trump’s legal team is threatening to sue left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress for defamation over a report it issued that found “no evidence that National Guard deployments have reduced violent crime.”
·New York, United States
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Trump threatens $5 billion suit over think tank crime report
Donald Trump has threatened the Center for American Progress with a USD 5 billion lawsuit over a report on National Guard deployments and crime. The think tank has refused to retract the analysis, calling the move an attempt to silence criticism.
·Noida, India
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Trump threatens lawsuit against nonprofit that questioned whether National Guard plan lessened crime
President Donald Trump is threatening to sue a left-leaning think tank unless it retracts a report that said his National Guard deployments to various cities did not reduce crime as he said.
·New York, United States
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Total News Sources27
Leaning Left11Leaning Right4Center11Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Left, 42% Center
Bias Distribution
- 42% of the sources lean Left, 42% of the sources are Center
42% Center
L 42%
C 42%
R 16%
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