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August 29, 2024
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MSNBC Host Threatens to Sue Trump Aide Corey Lewandowski for Defamation โ€” Then is Exposed by His Own Words in Shocking Video


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MSNBC host Ari Melber threatened Trump aide Corey Lewandowski with legal action during a live broadcast of The Beat.

The exchange occurred after Lewandowski had the audacity to quote Melberโ€™s own words back to himโ€”words that exposed the mediaโ€™s obsession with sensationalizing any aspect of President Donald Trumpโ€™s life, even following a failed assassination attempt.

Lewandowski, a seasoned campaign manager who played a pivotal role in Trumpโ€™s 2016 victory and who recently rejoined Trumpโ€™s campaign team as an adviser, didnโ€™t back down in the face of Melberโ€™s baseless threats.

Instead, he called out the MSNBC host for his hypocrisy, pointing out how Melber had described Trumpโ€™s appearance at the Republican National Convention last month.

In his broadcast, Melber had belittled Trumpโ€™s bandaged earโ€”an injury from the assassination attemptโ€”as nothing more than โ€œa prop, a spectacle from a candidate whoโ€™s obsessed with spectacles.โ€

Below is the transcript of the exchange:

Ari Melber: I quoted a New York Times article that said, at the convention, Donald Trump โ€œwas his own biggest prop.โ€ It was a New York Times quote about how heโ€“

Corey Lewandowski: Let me read it to you.

Ari Melber: โ€“how he had become such an important figure in rebounding from what was a horrific assassination attempt. Fox Newsโ€“

Corey Lewandowski: Let me read it to you.

Ari Melber: Corey, I said Iโ€™d address it. Iโ€™m gonna finish. Fox News, many viewers may not know about this, but apparently you do, and some do. Fox News, which has been caught in defamation, ran a false piece falsely stating that I said something else that I didnโ€™t say. So, I stand on that. I stand on the New York Times quote.

Corey Lewandowski: So, you didnโ€™t say, โ€œThis bandage was a prop, a spectacle from a candidate whoโ€™s obsessed with spectacles.โ€

Ari Melber: Uh, Mr. Lewandowski, I did not say that. That is a false quote.

Corey Lewandowski: I have it right here.

Ari Melber: What you have is a false quote.

Corey Lewandowski: You absolutely said it.

Ari Melber: What you have is a false quote. And if โ€“ Iโ€™m putting you on notice โ€“ if you continue to repeat falsely that I said that, you will be potentially in a defamation situation because I didnโ€™t say that. But I understand that youโ€™re working off the internet, which has a lot of false information.

Corey Lewandowski: Well, this is what it said. Right here.

Undeterred, Lewandowski revealed that he had the proof, and shortly after the broadcast, he released a video clip on social media showing Melberโ€™s exact words from an earlier episode of The Beat. The footage left no doubt that Melber had indeed made the statements that Lewandowski had attributed to him.

โ€œAn MSNBC Host threatened to sue me for defamation tonight for (by definition) the opposition of defamation >> Quoting their own words. Watch for yourself and let me know what you think,โ€ Lewandowski wrote.

WATCH:

During the RNC Convention last month, Melber had quoted the New York Times, stating that Trump โ€œwas his own biggest propโ€ during his dramatic appearance with a large white bandage on his ear.

He went on to describe this moment as โ€œan image for political mobilizationโ€ and characterized Trump, in his view, as โ€œobsessed with assorted spectacles.โ€

Hereโ€™s how The New York Times put it: โ€œOn the first night of this convention, Trump was his own biggest prop. He entered the VIP box, a large white bandage on his injured right ear, the result of a close call on Saturday with a would-be assassinโ€™s bullet. A reminder of mortality, a badge of survival โ€“ it was a blank rectangle on which the crowd could read what it wished, and that made it the most potent placard in the hall.โ€

A placard for delegates to fill in, an image for political mobilization, a spectacle for this candidate who we know is โ€“ by his own admission โ€“ obsessed with assorted spectacles.

WATCH:

The post MSNBC Host Threatens to Sue Trump Aide Corey Lewandowski for Defamation โ€” Then is Exposed by His Own Words in Shocking Video appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

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