Former SF Mayor Willie Brown Threatens To Sue Trump

The New York Times reports:

Willie Brown, the former mayor of San Francisco, had a message for former President Donald J. Trump on Saturday afternoon: Keep my name out of your mouth or get sued.

He stood with his longtime lawyer, Joe Cotchett, on a sidewalk in downtown San Francisco, outside John’s Grill, the Saturday spot on Mr. Brown’s lunchtime rotation, and told reporters that he would sue Mr. Trump for slander and defamation if he repeated his concocted helicopter story one more time.

“He’s never brought a lawsuit in his life,” Mr. Cotchett said of Mr. Brown. “But you know who’s pushing him to it? A guy by the name of Trump.”

Read the full article. Trump has threatened to sue the New York Times for debunking his helicopter story.

Now ex-SF Mayor Willie Brown says he’s considering a lawsuit against Trump, & his attorney Joe Cotchett calls Trump’s repeated helicopter tale “a scam, it’s a lie, it’s outrageous”— & an effort to slime ⁦⁦@KamalaHarris⁩. Here’s today at ⁦@JohnsGrillSF⁩ pic.twitter.com/Kbs663X3Mz

— Carla ‘Bluechecked’ Marinucci (@cmarinucci) August 17, 2024