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The New York Times reports:
The legal threats have arrived in various forms. One aired on CNN. Another came over the phone. More arrived in letters or emails. All of them appeared aimed at intimidating news outlets and others who have criticized or questioned President-elect Donald J. Trump and his nominees to run the Pentagon and F.B.I.
The small flurry of threatened defamation lawsuits is the latest sign that the incoming Trump administration appears poised to do what it can to crack down on unfavorable media coverage.
Over the past several weeks, lawyers for Mr. Trump and two of his most high-profile nominees — Pete Hegseth, the potential defense secretary, and Kash Patel, whom Mr. Trump has picked to run the F.B.I. — warned journalists and others of defamation lawsuits for what they had said or written.
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NEW: Trump and his allies are using legal threats to try to intimidate news outlets and others that criticize or question him and his cabinet picks.
The trend seems likely to accelerate thanks to the ABC News settlement.https://t.co/tz7MAFK4DB
— David Enrich (@davidenrich) December 15, 2024