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Originally Posted by MoneyGuy
When will someone sue Trump for slander or libel for his outrageous claims particularly against the news media and other politicians?
Hey, anyone who follows Trump can unfollow and get his tweets from @UnfollowTrump and not boost his number of followers.
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It's an interesting question of if you can sue him.
The case law will allow the president to be sued for things he does outside his duties as president. It won't allow him to be sued for carrying out his duties as president even if by doing so he causes harm. There is a whistleblower case where the Nixon tapes show Nixon saying to fire this guy. He tried to sue Nixon for damages and was denied because it was in Nixons duties as president.
So Clinton could be sued by Jones for Harassment because it occurred outside the presidency, Turmp University lawsuits were still valid as well. However I think a credible case could be made that Trump slandering the media is being done as part of him carrying out the office of the president.
There is a podcast by Roman Mars the 99% Invisable guy called "What can Trump teach us about con law" that does a pretty good job discusssion the relavent statutes and is a good listen.