Donald Trump's ongoing legal battles with media organizations, including a recent $16 million settlement with ABC News and a new lawsuit against the Des Moines Register, highlight his efforts to suppress critical reporting.
President-elect Donald Trump isn't only busy getting ready to return to the White House. He's also engaged in a multi-front war with media organizations. ABC News settled one lawsuit brought by Trump right before he filed another against the Des Moines Register and its parent company.
There’s a much larger universe of Trump’s legal issues, which includes looming questions about the hundreds of millions of dollars he has been found liable to pay in multiple cases: in federal court for defaming E. Jean Carroll in recent years and for sexually abusing her decades ago, and for civil fraud in New York state court for inflating his net worth to get more favorable loans. Trump was also found guilty of falsifying business records for hush money payments made before the 2016 election and a New York judge ruled this week that Trump does not have presidential immunity protections in the criminal case. Those will be separate legal dramas to follow. But his concerted effort to take media organizations to court before and after the presidential election sets the table for an environment in which the soon-to-be-president is actively trying to discourage critical press coverage, a recipe for a First Amendment showdown.
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