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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic

Friday, August 21, 2026


President Trump threatened a defamation lawsuit over a National Guard report. Trump did not specify which report or which critic. The First Amendment protects statements of opinion and, in many cases, statements of fact made in matters of public concern.

Original reporting: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/us/politics/trump-lawsuit-liberal-think-tank.html

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