Trump threatens $5bn lawsuit over liberal National Guard policy report
Summary
President Donald Trump’s lawyer sent a letter threatening a $5 billion lawsuit against the Center for American Progress (Cap) unless they take back a report that criticized how the National Guard was used to reduce crime. The report said the National Guard efforts in certain cities did not lower crime rates more than cities without the Guard, and the center refuses to withdraw the report.Key Facts
- Cap released a report on July 13 saying National Guard deployments in DC, Memphis, and Los Angeles did not significantly reduce crime despite costing $1.7 billion.
- The report found crime rates were falling before President Trump took office in 2025 and that declines were similar with or without National Guard intervention.
- President Trump’s personal lawyer, Alejandro Brito, threatened a $5 billion lawsuit if Cap did not retract the report.
- The lawsuit threat is against Cap as an organization and is made by Trump personally, not the federal government.
- Cap’s president, Neera Tanden, said they stand by the report and called the lawsuit threat an attack on free speech and facts.
- Brito’s letter claimed the report suggested President Trump deceived the public and misused military power, which he denies.
- Cap responded that their report is based on factual crime data and isn’t about defaming Trump personally.
- Cap is a liberal research group founded in 2003 by John Podesta, who worked with the Clintons.
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