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Wiz Imp

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3. I'm pretty sure she can sue him for defamation.

Reply to jg10003 (Original post)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 12:00 PM

Aug 2025

A court just ruled that the Central Park Five's defamation suit against Trump can go forward.

Also, I believe that her firing may well have been illegal. She was not a political appointee but a life long civil servant. It technically violates the Pendleton Act. Courts have recently ruled other Trump firings of people in similar positions were illegal.

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Can Erika McEntarfer sue trump for libel? [View all] jg10003 Aug 2025 OP

certainly not while he is sitting in the WH -(nt)- stopdiggin Aug 2025 #1

Ask the pollster in Iowa? bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #2

I'm pretty sure she can sue him for defamation. Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #3

The Commissioner of Labor Statistics is a political appointment, not civil service. onenote Aug 2025 #4

It's a position appointed by the President but is explicitly supposed to be non-political in nature. Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #5

The FTC case is dissimilar. onenote Aug 2025 #6