Trump's Lawsuit Threat Over National Guard Report
The Pure Report account · 2 sources · as of Aug 23, 00:46 UTC
Donald Trump threatened a $5 billion lawsuit over a report released by the Center for American Progress, which argues that the National Guard deployment failed to have a measurable impact on crime. Trump demanded the report be retracted by Friday evening.
What we know
- Donald Trump threatened a $5 billion lawsuit.
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“Donald Trump’s lawyer threatening a $5bn lawsuit” — verbatim from Guardian — US · article - The report was released by the Center for American Progress.
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“The Center for American Progress (Cap) received a letter” — verbatim from Guardian — US · article
Attributed reporting
- According to Guardian — US, the report argues that the National Guard deployment failed to have a measurable impact on crime.
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“the deployment of the national guard failed to have a measurable impact on crime” — verbatim from Guardian — US · article - According to The Hill, Trump demanded the report be retracted by Friday evening.
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“demanded a liberal think tank retract a critical report on his National Guard deployments by Friday evening” — verbatim from The Hill · article
Framing spectrum · 3 outlets
Coverage patterns
Earliest report in our feed set (publisher timestamps): The Hill (center), Aug 21, 16:59 UTC.
| Lean | Outlets | Articles | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| Left | 1 | 2 | Guardian |
| Center | 1 | 1 | The Hill |
| Unclassified | 1 | 1 | PBS NewsHour |
Report-by-report timeline · 4
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