A Wisconsin politician filed a defamation suit against a local newspaper, and the suit was dismissed.
A troubling trendThe Wisconsin case isn't the first and likely won't be the last dubious defamation case brought on by a politician.
His latest $475 million defamation suit against CNN was dismissed last month.
Ron DeSantis, a 2024 presidential candidate along with Trump, hailed it as a way to target "legacy media defamation practices."
Phil Bryant filed a defamation suit against a local newspaper whose Pulitzer-Prize-winning reporting tied him to a major welfare scandal in the state.
Persons:
Cory Tomczyk, Tomczyk –, –, Tomczyk, Shereen Siewert, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Phil Bryant
Organizations:
Wausau Pilot, Service, The New York Times, Republican, Times, CNN, Washington Post, Florida Republicans, Gov, Trump, Freedom, Press, of Columbia
Locations:
Wisconsin, Wall, Silicon, Wausau , Wisconsin, Florida, . Wisconsin