Source: Washington Post
by Megan McArdle
Donald Trump and his allies have long complained that the president-elect has been the victim of ‘lawfare’: lawsuits and prosecutions by political opponents looking to settle their scores in the courtroom rather than at the ballot box. Now the tables have turned. ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a suit over a broadcast in which anchor George Stephanopoulos referred to Trump as a rapist. The House GOP issued a report calling for former congresswoman Liz Cheney to be investigated for ‘potential criminal witness tampering.’ And Trump is suing Iowa pollster Ann Selzer over a poll that (erroneously) showed Vice President Kamala Harris ahead in the state, which Trump has called ‘brazen election interference.’ Are Democrats getting their just deserts?” (12/20/24)