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Old 02-15-2017, 10:37 AM   #3994
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube View Post
The sitting President in a position of utmost power and influence consistently tweets negatively about on-going businesses such as the New York Times, calling them failing, etc.. Isn't there some tort for that? Can't they sue him for libel or damages or is he immune? Can the sitting POTUS just slander publically traded companies at will?
Well, Trump did promise to 'Open up those libel laws' to make it much easier to sue for libel or slander. I'm really hoping he pushes ahead with that and then gets sued under his own revisions to those laws.
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