September 21, 2025
Dershovitz: Trump Will Lose in Court
Timothy Birdnow
Alan Dershowitz says Trump's lawsuits against the media are doomed.
Dershowitz Explains Why Trump’s Media Lawsuits Are Set Up to Fail in US Courts
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But Trump keeps winning these things. Take this with a grain of salt.
Alan Dershowitz says Trump's lawsuits against the media are doomed.
Dershowitz Explains Why Trump’s Media Lawsuits Are Set Up to Fail in US Courts
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(DCNF)—Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz warned on Newsmax Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s ongoing defamation lawsuits against major media outlets are unlikely to succeed under current U.S. legal standards.
Trump sued The New York Times for $15 billion Monday, accusing the paper of deliberately spreading "falsehoods” to damage his 2024 campaign and reputation. Appearing on "The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” Dershowitz said Trump faces an uphill legal battle because U.S. law requires him to prove not just false statements, but that they were made with "actual malice.”
"In the United States, he would have to prove not only that there were factual misstatements, not opinion, but factual misstatements, but that they were made with malice, that is, they were made with reckless disregard for the truth,” Dershowitz told host Greta Van Susteren.
Trump sued The New York Times for $15 billion Monday, accusing the paper of deliberately spreading "falsehoods” to damage his 2024 campaign and reputation. Appearing on "The Record with Greta Van Susteren,” Dershowitz said Trump faces an uphill legal battle because U.S. law requires him to prove not just false statements, but that they were made with "actual malice.”
"In the United States, he would have to prove not only that there were factual misstatements, not opinion, but factual misstatements, but that they were made with malice, that is, they were made with reckless disregard for the truth,” Dershowitz told host Greta Van Susteren.
But Trump keeps winning these things. Take this with a grain of salt.
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Dersh is probably right. But as Trump is fond of saying, we'll just have to see.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at September 21, 2025 09:56 PM (dmr2P)
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Dersh knows the law, no question. But the process is the punishment, as they say, and these networks would rather settle than air their dirty linens. I suspect Trump knows what he is doing here. It's not about the money so much as about making their actions known to the whole world. They have to cover it or pay up.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at September 22, 2025 06:43 AM (miPZC)
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