The Kamala Harris campaign account, KamalaHQ, recently deleted a post on X that led to a defamation lawsuit from conservative commentator Tim Pool. The post in question falsely claimed that Pool was a “Trump operative” linked to Project 2025. The post also claimed that Pool was part of a plan to grant Trump “unchecked legal power so they can jail and execute those who don’t support Trump if he wins.”
Subsequently, Pool filed a lawsuit in federal court, maintaining the false post caused him “reputational harm” that would take millions of dollars to undo. Giving an update on the situation, Pool recently posted on X, “The lawsuit between I, Tim Pool, and The Kamala Harris Campaign has been resolved to my satisfaction,” with a screenshot of a now-deleted post. “Thank you,” the commentator concluded. When asked for further details on the matter, Pool responded, “Hahahahahaha.”
Notably, the KamalaHQ account has been the subject of fact-checks even from left-leaning CNN’s Daniel Dale, who seldom calls out Democrats on their false claims. According to Dale, the Harris campaign account was “repeatedly deceptive” throughout the vice president’s unsuccessful presidential bid. However, the account has been inactive since losing to Trump on Election Day.
“A social media account run by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has been repeatedly deceptive,” Dale wrote on CNN. “The @KamalaHQ account, which has more than 1.3 million followers on the X social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has made a habit of misleadingly clipping and inaccurately captioning video clips to attack former President Donald Trump.”
In other news regarding conservative litigation, The American Tribune reported on the settlement between ABC News and President-elect Donald Trump over the massive defamation lawsuit regarding prior comments from George Stephanopoulos that stated Trump was “liable for rape.” The Tribune reported on the details of the settlement:
The settlement agreement was publically filed on Saturday, December 14. According to the terms, which mean the parties have managed to avoid a costly trial, ABC News will pay $15 million as a charitable contribution. It will be made to a “Presidential foundation and museum to be established by or for Plaintiff, as Presidents of the United States of America have established in the past.”
That’s not all. In addition to the $15 million charitable contribution, ABC will pay $1 million in Trump’s attorney fees. Further, both Stephanopoulos and ABC News have to issue a statement stating their “regret” at the bottom of an article published on March 10, 2024; the online article regards comments made by Stephanopoulos that prompted Trump’s suit against him and the network.
In a heated segment featuring Rep. Nancy Mace, Stephanopoulos said, “You’ve endorsed Donald Trump for president. Judges and two separate juries have found him liable for rape and for defaming the victim of that rape.” Stephanopoulos made the false claim that Trump was “liable for rape” ten times during his tense interview with Mace. A jury actually ruled that Trump was liable for “sexual abuse,” an entirely different legal status.
Watch the incident with Mace here:
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