Amy Goodman
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Trump Escalates War on Press by Suing Des Moines Register Days After ABC Agreed to $15M Settlement
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We speak with _The Nation_'s Chris Lehmann about President-elect Donald Trump's escalating attacks on the press and how major media figures and institutions are "capitulating preemptively" to the pressure. ABC News recently settled a defamation suit brought by Trump by making a $15 million donation to his future presidential library, despite experts saying the case was easily winnable. Trump is also suing _The Des Moines Register_ for publishing a poll before the election that showed him losing to Vice President Kamala Harris. "What's happening is a very clear pattern in Trump's public life," says Lehmann. "This is a show of power."
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