Ledger · 2016 campaign · № 33
Open up the libel laws to sue news organizations
Never delivered“I'm going to open up our libel laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money.”
- Promised
- , Campaign rally, Fort Worth, Texas
- Re-promised
- 12 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Transparency & records
- Era
- 2016 campaign
What happened
Libel law is set by state law and Supreme Court precedent, chiefly New York Times v. Sullivan, and no federal statute or ruling changed it during the term. PolitiFact rated the promise broken.