Serious question: Is it possible to sue someone for libel for false statements in a campaign-ad? [View all]

[DetlefK]

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That campaign-ad is nothing but a bunch of lies, intended to smear Joe Biden's reputation.

Serious question: Is it possible to sue Trump for libel over this ad?





1. The Burisma-investigation started before Shokin became prosecutor-general. He inherited that investigation, but it went nowhere under his leadership as well. The investigation had been dormant for one year already when Shokin was fired.

2. Shokin was well-known to be corrupt. The ukrainian people despised him.

3. The US government, several european governments and the IMF wanted Shokin gone for not cracking down on corruption. Biden was the one who pressured the ukrainian government into finally firing Shokin.