On Thursday, Columbia Journalism Review revealed that just days before the presidential election, Trump’s lawyer Edward Andrew Paltzik issued a letter to the New York Times and Penguin Random House that demanded $10bn in damages over articles critical of Trump.

The letter joins a series of frivolous lawsuits against other media companies that Trump has accused of politically targeting him.

The letter, which CJR reviewed, accused the articles’ authors Peter Baker, Michael S Schmidt, Susanne Craig and Russ Buettner for “false and defamatory statements” about Trump, adding that the New York Times is a “a full-throated mouthpiece of the Democratic party” that wages “industrial-scale libel against political opponents”.

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/15/trump-sues-media-outlets-bias

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Trump transition team bypassing FBI background checks on Cabinet picks: Report

Elaine MallonNovember 15, 2024 11:18 am

nstead, the president-elect’s team is turning to private companies to vet administrative appointees, people familiar with transition planning told CNN. Trump has criticized the FBI for its slow investigation process and feared it would delay his ability to roll out his agenda.

A security clearance is needed for some Cabinet positions, such as attorney general, and the process of obtaining one includes an FBI background check.

Dan Meyer, a national security attorney, told CNN Trump’s mistrust of the FBI and the deep state has made him go completely rogue.

[They] “don’t want the FBI to coordinate a norm. They want to hammer the norm,” Meyer told CNN.

Mirroring 2016, Trump’s transition team is opting not to adhere to protocol by not signing memorandums of understanding and secrecy agreements and sending a list of names to officials of people who need to be formally vetted.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3231288/trump-transition-team-bypassing-fbi-background-checks-cabinet-picks/