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MSNBC Pundit's Tweet Accusing Lawyer of "Coach[ing]" Jan. 6 Hearing Witness "to Lie" Wasn't Negligent

From today's decision by Judge Loren AliKhan (D.D.C.) in Passantino v. Weissmann (for an earlier decision in the case, see… The post MSNBC Pundit's Tweet Accusing Lawyer of "Coach[ing]" Jan. 6 Hearing Witness "to Lie" Wasn't Negligent appeared first on Reason Magazine.

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No Defamation Liability for False Statement That Congressional Witness's Lawyer Was Partly Paid for by Trump PAC

So a federal judge rules in a case brought by Tony Bobulinski, who testified about the Bidens before the House Oversight Committee, against Jessica Tarlov, a Fox News commentator and co-host of The Five.

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Hunter Biden ‘whistleblower’ loses $30m defamation case against Fox host

Case revolved around clarified claim on air that Trump PAC paid for Biden critic’s legal fees

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MSNBC Pundit's Tweet Accusing Lawyer of "Coach[ing a Witness] to Lie" Is a Potentially Defamatory Factual Assertion, Not an Opinion

Plaintiff (Stefan Passantino, Cassidy Hutchinson's former lawyer) may thus eventually prevail, if the claim is shown to be false, and if the defendant is shown to have spoken with "actual malice" (if plaintiff is a public figure) or negligently (if plaintiff is a private figure).

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Georgia attorney seeks $67 million in damages over Jan. 6 committee investigation

ATLANTA — A prominent Georgia attorney is seeking $67 million in damages from the U.S. government, saying the House Jan. 6 committee spread false information about his representation of a star witness.

Tribune News Service

Ex-Hutchinson lawyer hit with complaint

Stefan Passantino allegedly tried to get Cassidy Hutchinson to withhold information from investigators

Salon

Cassidy Hutchinson: Scene of the crime

Hutchinson's lawyer was paid by "Trump World" — and dangled job offers before her for "doing the right thing"

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Democracy depends on whistleblowers

Cassidy Hutchinson made an imperfect hero. But her kind of courage is crucial to protecting our fragile democracy

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Hutchinson lawyer may have broken law

"The less you remember the better," ex-Trump ethics lawyer Stefan Passantino told Hutchinson ahead of testimony

Salon

Donald Trump in 'multi-part conspiracy' in bid to overturn election says bombshell report

The damning 814-page report was released today and focuses on Trump's inaction as the rioters stormed the Capitol building leading to a number of deaths

Daily Mirror

Star Jan. 6 witness told committee that lawyer linked to Trump tried to silence her

WASHINGTON — The Trump-aligned lawyer who initially represented former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson instructed her to downplay her knowledge of what happened during the Capitol insurrection, Hutchinson told the Jan. 6 committee in testimony made public Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 takeaways: Power, pressure and a 'moral struggle'

The House Jan. 6 committee is releasing dozens of witness transcripts from its investigation into the 2021 Capitol attack

The Independent UK

Cassidy Hutchinson says she was urged not to reveal Trump outburst in SUV on Jan. 6

The White House aide who testified that former President Donald Trump had an angry outburst at his security detail on Jan. 6, 2021 was urged in advance not to bring up the episode by a lawyer linked to the then-president’s legal team.

Tribune News Service

Key Jan. 6 witness says lawyer sought to influence testimony

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson has told the House Jan_ 6 committee that her first lawyer advised her against being fully forthcoming with the panel, telling her, “the less you remember, the better.”

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Lawyer advised Hutchinson to lie: report

Stefan Passantino reportedly told Hutchinson to say "she did not recall facts when she actually did recall them"

The Independent UK

Ex-White House lawyer advised Jan 6 witness to give misleading testimony, report says

‘She was advised to say that she didn’t recall something when she did. So that’s pretty serious stuff’

The Independent UK

Trump's PAC faces scrutiny amid intensifying legal probes

Former President Donald Trump is sitting on top of more than $115 million across several political committees

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