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Aug 21, 2026 Trump threatened a $5 billion lawsuit against a think tank over a critical National Guard deployment report Tier 1 · Primary Power and Authority
The president's personal lawyer threatened massive legal action against a research organization to force retraction of factual policy criticism, chilling independent analysis.
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- Trump's lawyer threatens $5bn lawsuit against Center for American Progress over National Guard report — Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Alejandro Brito, sent a letter to the Center for American Progress (CAP) threatening a $5 billion lawsuit unless the think tank retracts a July 2026 report concluding that National Guard deployments in Washington DC, Memphis, and Los Angeles failed to measurably reduce crime despite costing $1.7 billion. CAP released a statement defending its research as factual analysis protected by the First Amendment and refusing to retract. The threat targets the organization's publication of policy analysis critical of the Trump administration's military deployment strategy.
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Week 83 – 2026-08-15–2026-08-21
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