- President Trump demanded that liberal think tank the Center for American Progress retract a report saying his National Guard deployments didn’t reduce violent crime, threatening a $5 billion defamation suit and setting a 5 p.m. Friday deadline.
- CAP president Neera Tanden called the threat “baseless,” defended the report as rigorous evidence-based research, and vowed not to be silenced — framing the dispute as a First Amendment and public‑debate issue.
- CAP warned a lawsuit would set a dangerous precedent for targeting independent research; Trump has previously made large defamation threats against critics and media outlets.
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