Trump's strategy to rewrite history of 'Russia hoax' plays out in Florida courts
By Noreen Marcus, FloridaBulldog.org
President Trump’s go-to grievance, “the Russia Russia Russia hoax,” is agitating Florida courts, where state judges tend to let him revise the story of the 2016 presidential election and federal judges tend to resist.
According to Trump’s preferred version of events, he won fair and square in 2016 with no help from Vladimir Putin. Anyone who dares note that Russia contributed to Trump’s victory, or who fact-checks one of his false assertions, risks having to pay huge money damages.
On Sept. 15, for instance, Trump filed a $15-billion defamation suit against The New York Times in Tampa federal court. The lawsuit targets articles and a book that claim the Trump family’s fortune was built on fraud. A court loss for The Times could bankrupt one of the biggest watchdogs on the Trump beat.
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