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...never sued for slander?

I'm watching 'Trump in Tweets' and it's made me wonder. More than I already did.

The definition of slander is pretty clear.

His character assassination of people he fires and/or dislikes are in the public domain.

IANAL but can't someone just do something? Anything? Please? 😁


 
Posted : 07/07/2020 9:29 pm
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Isn't it covered under 'freedom of speech' which is protected by the constitution in America? It's much easier to sue someone for defamation over here than in America I believe.


 
Posted : 07/07/2020 9:39 pm
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Freedom of speech in Ameristan only applies to Agent Orange and his worshippers.


 
Posted : 07/07/2020 9:48 pm
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Slander is very difficult to prove in the UK and almost impossible in the US


 
Posted : 07/07/2020 9:59 pm
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However Liberace was accused of being gay in the newspapers (He was if you are in doubt) and won for defamation of character and when asked if he felt it was wrong he confessed "I cried all the way to the bank"


 
Posted : 07/07/2020 10:23 pm
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Edit that - it was just a bad review, not a court case. Sorry


 
Posted : 07/07/2020 10:25 pm
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How is Trump?

Desperately trying to be something other than a joke, that's how trump is, mentally, I feel.

Couldn't live up to his da etc, classic, there's probably books written about this. It's textbook psychology.


 
Posted : 07/07/2020 11:06 pm
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I can see the freedom of speech argument but when it's something like Martin Gugino- spreading outright lies about a 75 year old man who at the time was in intensive care after being pushed over by a police officer- then there's no defence


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 12:13 am
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And after Liberace died of a complication related to the thing the paper got sued for suggesting,

Do you see HIV as a complication of being Gay?


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 10:30 am
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It's complicated...


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 10:31 am
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Do you see HIV as a complication of being Gay?

Liberace died in (*checks*) 1987. Times were different.


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 11:28 am
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there’s probably books written about this

Donalds Niece, a clinical psychologist, has just written a book all about Donald and his Dad and their crappy relationship :o)

BBC News Article


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 3:21 pm
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Lets face it, Twitter is a cesspit for the arsehole defence of opinions. When you see politicians using it to try and make themselves relevant to the extreme ends of the voter pool, then perhaps these aren't teh people that should be in office.

Funny that comedians can lose gigs over tweets they made ten years ago but twonks like Matt Geaetz (google him, but keep a bucket handy) still has a job when his entire political career seems to be getting as close to Trumps butt as possible and being a bit racist/xenophobic is utterly beyond me.


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 3:47 pm
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IANAL but can’t someone just do something? Anything? Please? 

I am not Lee Harvey Oswald but can't someone just do something? Anything? Please?

What about all those exotic ways the CIA were working on for Castro?

Poison impregnated wig, perhaps...


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 3:53 pm
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*pedant* If it's written down/published, it's libel. If you say it, it's slander */pedant*


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 3:53 pm
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To answer the original question, the US President is immune from civil and criminal cases in the judicial branch.


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 7:22 pm
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*pedant* If it’s written down/published, it’s libel. If you say it, it’s slander */pedant*

Damn it. I was *fairly* sure I'd got it right but couldn't be arsed to check.


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 7:23 pm
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To answer the original question, the US President is immune from civil and criminal cases in the judicial branch.

I guess similar to the HoC slander exemption


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 7:33 pm
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I am amazed that no one has shot him. The Americans do have a history of doing this.


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 9:21 pm
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The trouble is the kind of people that tend to assassinate presidents are the same types that think he's a really great guy.


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 10:33 pm
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I am amazed that no one has shot him. The Americans do have a history of doing this

the kind of people who’d shoot a president are the kind of people who’d vote for trump.

They’ll shoot the next president instead

edit-wow beaten by 1 second!!! 🙂


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 10:33 pm
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snap ;o)


 
Posted : 08/07/2020 10:34 pm

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