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Fingers crossed that at some point Trump is dumb enough to mention Dominion voting machines by name.
The main thing that has saved Trump from defamation claims over the years, while his subordinates and media flunkies have been nailed with massive judgments and settlements, is that whether by design or idiosyncrasy he's always lying about groups of people that are too large or vague to make him subject to defamation claims. It's the genius (intentional or unintentional) of Trump's lying - he's basically realized that there's a weak spot in American law where you can get in trouble if you lie about specific people but when you just make your lies bigger, more sweeping, and more grandiose it's really hard to do anything about them from a legal perspective.
The main thing that has saved Trump from defamation claims over the years, while his subordinates and media flunkies have been nailed with massive judgments and settlements, is that whether by design or idiosyncrasy he's always lying about groups of people that are too large or vague to make him subject to defamation claims. It's the genius (intentional or unintentional) of Trump's lying - he's basically realized that there's a weak spot in American law where you can get in trouble if you lie about specific people but when you just make your lies bigger, more sweeping, and more grandiose it's really hard to do anything about them from a legal perspective.