Trump’s threatened Trevor Noah lawsuit won’t even reach a jury

[Conservative from Georgia]

This feels less like law and more like a tantrum dressed up as a lawsuit. Donald J. Trump threatening to sue Trevor Noah over a joke just screams legal illiteracy: satire and opinion are protected by the First Amendment, and public figures face a brutal defamation standard. No false statement of fact, no provable “actual malice,” no real damages..,so this dies at the pleadings.

Translation: lots of bluster, zero case, and a very short trip to dismissal.

Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein island joke at 2026 Grammy Awards

President Donald Trump is threatening to sue Trevor Noah after he made a joke at the Grammys about the president visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Mac1958]

This feels less like law and more like a tantrum dressed up as a lawsuit. Donald J. Trump threatening to sue Trevor Noah over a joke just screams legal illiteracy: satire and opinion are protected by the First Amendment, and public figures face a brutal defamation standard. No false statement of fact, no provable “actual malice,” no real damages..,so this dies at the pleadings.

Translation: lots of bluster, zero case, and a very short trip to dismissal.

Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein island joke at 2026 Grammy Awards

President Donald Trump is threatening to sue Trevor Noah after he made a joke at the Grammys about the president visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island.

www.usatoday.com

It really doesn't matter. He's just going to threaten and intimidate anyone who tries to hold him accountable in any way.

And of course, that spreads to anyone else who would even consider it. So the lawsuit itself is damn near irrelevant.

That's not going to stop. It's a natural impulse for authoritarians, especially those who are hypersensitive like Trump.

 

[rightwinger]

No joke should be taken literally

Trump will lose Bigly

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Trump is simply being his usual childish self. It goes to show you just how lucky we are to have our Constitution. If this man were a dictator a lot of people would be rotting in prison over speech.

 

[OODA_Loop]

Hilarious. Trump knows exactly what to say to rustle left wing panties.

 

[rightwinger]

Hilarious. Trump knows exactly what to say to rustle left wing panties.

Makes him look worse than Noah

 

[Doc7505]

Trump is simply being his usual childish self. It goes to show you just how lucky we are to have our Constitution. If this man were a dictator a lot of people would be rotting in prison over speech.

<~~~~~~~~~~>
This has become a litigious society. Unfortunately it's Democrats and "Lawfare" that started it all.

 

[rightwinger]

<~~~~~~~~~~>
This has become a litigious society. Unfortunately it's Democrats and "Lawfare" that started it all.

Actually, Trumps felony crimes started it

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Hilarious. Trump knows exactly what to say to rustle left wing panties.

Actually, Trump is a narcissistic ten year old child in a 80 year old man's body. You find it amusing because you're exactly the low human capital he caters to with the maturity level of a second grader. All you reveal with comments like that is how pathetic and weak you truly are.

 

[OODA_Loop]

Makes him look worse than Noah

Trump looks exactly like what he is............. a NY asshole.

 

[Hollie]

This feels less like law and more like a tantrum dressed up as a lawsuit. Donald J. Trump threatening to sue Trevor Noah over a joke just screams legal illiteracy: satire and opinion are protected by the First Amendment, and public figures face a brutal defamation standard. No false statement of fact, no provable “actual malice,” no real damages..,so this dies at the pleadings.

Translation: lots of bluster, zero case, and a very short trip to dismissal.

Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein island joke at 2026 Grammy Awards

President Donald Trump is threatening to sue Trevor Noah after he made a joke at the Grammys about the president visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island.

www.usatoday.com

An analysis from a graduate of the USMB law school.

 

[OODA_Loop]

Actually, Trump is a narcissistic ten year old child in a 80 year old man's body. You find it amusing because you're exactly the low human capital he caters to with the maturity level of a second grader. All you reveal with comments like that is how pathetic and weak you truly are.

Trump looks exactly like what he is............. a NY asshole.

 

[Hollie]

Leftist meltdowns are funny.

 

[Seymour Flops]

This feels less like law and more like a tantrum dressed up as a lawsuit. Donald J. Trump threatening to sue Trevor Noah over a joke just screams legal illiteracy: satire and opinion are protected by the First Amendment, and public figures face a brutal defamation standard. No false statement of fact, no provable “actual malice,” no real damages..,so this dies at the pleadings.

Translation: lots of bluster, zero case, and a very short trip to dismissal.

Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over Epstein island joke at 2026 Grammy Awards

President Donald Trump is threatening to sue Trevor Noah after he made a joke at the Grammys about the president visiting Jeffrey Epstein's island.

www.usatoday.com

Who is Trevor Noah?

Wasn't there a guy who was convicted for making a joke about "Democrats vote on wednesday" or something?

EDIT It was telling Democrats, they could vote by text. Apparently a huge number of them actually tried to do that.

I guess some jokes are more actionable than others, right,

 

[Conservative from Georgia]

An analysis from a graduate of the USMB law school.

Hi Hollie. What’s your analysis?

 

[Doc7505]

Actually, Trumps felony crimes started it

<~~~~~~~~~~>​

Various commentators have argued that, prior to 2016, legal challenges, investigations, and regulatory actions were employed by Democrat lefist groups and politicians to disrupt conservative initiatives.
During the late 20th century, Democratic state attorneys general frequently used massive lawsuits against entire industries (such as the Master Settlement Agreement with Big Tobacco in 1998) to force national policy changes outside of Congress

 

[Conservative from Georgia]

Leftist meltdowns are funny.

Hollie refuses to say where he thinks about the lawsuit.

 

[Hollie]

Hi Hollie. What’s your analysis?

That you’re a putz.

 

[Hollie]

Hollie refuses to say where he thinks Scott the lawsuit.

No habla?

 

[rightwinger]

<~~~~~~~~~~>​

Various commentators have argued that, prior to 2016, legal challenges, investigations, and regulatory actions were employed by Democrat lefist groups and politicians to disrupt conservative initiatives.
During the late 20th century, Democratic state attorneys general frequently used massive lawsuits against entire industries (such as the Master Settlement Agreement with Big Tobacco in 1998) to force national policy changes outside of Congress

TRump is a convicted felon
The only reason he got away with other felony charges was not because he was innocent but because he was elected President