“Media lawyers are bracing for an onslaught of lawsuits from Donald Trump and his political allies in the wake of ABC’s decision to pay $16 million to settle a defamation case Trump filed against the network,” Politico reports.
“Many First Amendment advocates see the settlement as a capitulation by ABC that handed Trump both a lucrative victory and a legal roadmap.
They worry it will embolden him to escalate his use of private civil litigation against his media critics when he returns to power next month.”