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Tulsi Gabbard sues Hillary Clinton for $50M, claims defamation over 'Russian asset' remark

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Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against Hillary Clinton seeking $50 million in damages, claiming the former Democratic presidential nominee "carelessly and recklessly impugned" her reputation when she suggested in October that one of the 2020 Democratic candidates is "the favorite of the Russians."


The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, says it aims to hold Clinton and other "political elites" accountable for "distorting the truth in the middle of a critical Presidential election." It also says Gabbard suffered an economic loss to be proven at trial.

Tulsi Gabbard sues Hillary Clinton for $50M, claims defamation over '''Russian asset''' remark
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I hope this doesn’t get settled out of court.
 
Good. She deserves to win, as well. HRC is a clown and has to go.
 
Obscurity said:
Good. She deserves to win, as well. HRC is a clown and has to go.
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It was a stupid comment by Clinton, and now she's going to have to deal with this. I don't feel bad about this at all, and I too would take someone to task for making that kind of asinine accusation.
 
Hang on. Can people sue Donald Trump for all the lies he tells about them?
 
ElChupacabra said:
It was a stupid comment by Clinton, and now she's going to have to deal with this. I don't feel bad about this at all, and I too would take someone to task for making that kind of asinine accusation.
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She's a loudmouthed moron who is hell bent on making any and every excuse possible for her loss in 2016.

She just needs to go away.
 
This seems like quite a stretch since pretty much everyone believes she is a Russian asset. Its too bad that Gabbard, who claims she is running for president, can't claim headlines in any meaningful way.
 
Well, she's staying in the news so clearly she's accomplishing something.

I wonder how many people who get a tingle down their leg every time a defamation suit makes the news that not one of them ever ever ever ever ever goes anywhere.

But I'll let a lawyer pour a little splash of cold water on this publicity stunt:

Let's put it this way: if "Russian asset" is a defamatory statement of fact, so is half the other idiotic rhetorical flourishes of modern politics, from "objectively pro-Saddam" to "on the terrorists' side."

LawyerLawsuitsHat on Twitter: "Let's put it this way: if "Russian asset" is a defamatory statement of fact, so is half the other idiotic rhetorical flourishes of modern politics, from "objectively pro-Saddam" to "on the terrorists' side.""
 
Libel suits are hard to win but I hope Tulsi does. Then again, this could end up as a settlement and both parties keep quiet about it.
 
.... Republicans accuse Democrats of literally cheering for terrorists, but if Tulsi gets called a Russian asset she gets 50 million?

Well, okaaaaaaaay.

Tulsi had no plan for winning other than she's beautiful, and she was in Iraq. If she wins this lawsuit, it'll be the only thing she wins during the primaries.








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I doubt it goes anywhere, can you imagine if politicians can start suing each other over politically charged comments? I'd say the bar is not just actual malice, but it would need to be actual malice accompanied by actual material damages. Tough to prove, frankly.

Tim-
 
Hillary Clinton needs to either shut-up, or go away.
 
Hicup said:
I doubt it goes anywhere, can you imagine if politicians can start suing each other over politically charged comments? I'd say the bar is not just actual malice, but it would need to be actual malice accompanied by actual material damages. Tough to prove, frankly.

Tim-
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Yep. If Gabbard prevails, Trump will become a pauper!
 
Chomsky said:
Hillary Clinton needs to either shut-up, or go away.
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Hillary doesn't need to do anything. She can give her opinion on any candidate she wants just like you can. If she wants to call them a Russian asset, well, it is what it is. She was called much worse during the election. From a felon to a pedophile enabler.

Tulsi is at very least a BJP asset and that should be a concern to everyone. Her relationship with PM Modhi and her convenient silence on his anti-Muslim laws in India should have everyone asking questions about what her true politics are.



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A) Hillary Clinton never referred to Tulsi Gabbard as a “Russian agent.” That verbiage is Tulsi Gabbard’s invention.

B) Hillary Clinton did point out that one of the candidates was/is a Russian favorite - which is demonstrably true and if being called out for it is problematic for her then she shouldn’t have been playing kissy face with Russian State owned media and, at best, neutral about the fact that she was being promoted online by Russian troll farms.

C) Tulsi Gabbard self-identified as the person Hillary Clinton was talking about.
 
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Oh good... the Hillary Clinton **** show of running her mouth continues to more fallout.
 
Napoleon said:
A) Hillary Clinton never referred to Tulsi Gabbard as a “Russian agent.” That verbiage is Tulsi Gabbard’s invention.

B) Hillary Clinton did point out that Tulsi Gabbard was/is a Russian favorite - which is demonstrably true and if being called out for it is problematic for her then she shouldn’t have been playing kissy face with Russian State owned media and, at best, neutral about the fact that she was being promoted online by Russian troll farms.
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Your Goebbels Media misinformed you again. She called her and Gill Stein “Russian assets”.

 
zimmer said:
Didn’t Leftists say the same thing about the Covington kids?
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How much did they get?

Specific figures if you can, please.

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Hatuey said:
Hillary doesn't need to do anything. She can give her opinion on any candidate she wants just like you can. If she wants to call them a Russian asset, well, it is what it is. She was called much worse during the election. From a felon to a pedophile enabler.

Tulsi is at very least a BJP asset and that should be a concern to everyone. Her relationship with PM Modhi and her convenient silence on his anti-Muslim laws in India should have everyone asking questions about what her true politics are.



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For the good of the party, given that the party is looking to be the only mechanism that can remove the President, and removing the President is required to preserve America as we know her, Hillary needs to get with the program or shut-up. Her arrogance & incompetent got us into this mess, and now she needs to help get us out or stay the hell out of the way. Don't underestimate how critical this juncture is. It is not the time for Clinton entitlement.
 
Chomsky said:
For the good of the party
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Party over your own personal opinions? When did you sell out, Chomsky? Actually, what am I saying, the real Chomsky wouldn't sell out like that. Remember, Hillary didn't lose cause people didn't vote for her, she lost cause we have a system where a minority of voters can control 2/3rds of the country.





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zimmer said:
Your Goebbels Media misinformed you again. She called her and Gill Stein “Russian assets”.

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Wrong again. She referred to Jill Stein as a Russian asset but not Tulsi Gabbard. She never said who the Russian favorite was in this cycle. Gabbard outed herself.
 
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