Trump released a new advertisement via his Truth Social account on Saturday claiming Hillary Clinton is brainwashing voters into supporting President Joe Biden.
Regardless, the standards for a public figure are very high and often difficult to prove. Despite no longer being active in politics, she would still qualify as a public figure.
Considering how she’s not in politics anymore, I hope she sues him for libel.
Would it be slander if spoken?
Regardless, the standards for a public figure are very high and often difficult to prove. Despite no longer being active in politics, she would still qualify as a public figure.
Public figure or not, it’s 100% false.
So in defamation lawsuits, public figures have a higher burden for legal recourse. It’s not enough to simply be false.
Pubic figure is a legal definition.