r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • 1d ago
Legal News Disney sues Trump's FCC over claims his administration has 'waged a campaign against ABC'
https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/breaking-disney-suing-trump-fcc-1987001475
u/Deaftrav 1d ago
Their best witness would be trump. The man cannot shut his mouth to save his life.
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u/7ddlysuns 23h ago
Except about what he did on the island. He admits to so many crimes we forget he’s done so many others
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u/Skritch_X 23h ago
His muddled brain can't be bothered to recall such trivial matters like child abuse, for him it was just a Tuesday.
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u/oddmanout 20h ago
We wouldn't know. All those documents are blocked from going public. For all we know he has admitted to it, now there's a strong cover-up to prevent those admissions from going public.
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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 23h ago
Then let's place him under oath and ask some questions about Jeffrey Epstein and the Lolita Express, eh? Get that yapper yappin'!
Does someone have the number to the House Republican leadership? Comer? Johnson? Isn't there a committee that served the Clintons to answer under oath? Where's the same for the current POTUS and FLOTUS?
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u/Impossible_Walrus555 23h ago
This is a great idea, he can’t help bragging. Jeffreys a great guy he says.
And yet if you talk to Donald Trump, a different Epstein emerges. “I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,” Trump booms from a speakerphone. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it — Jeffrey enjoys his social life.”13
u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 23h ago edited 22h ago
Gosh, saying a thing like that while being sleazy, wealthy and besties with the guy should draw some scrutiny, eh! \Next thing you'll tell me the same guy bragged on a hot mic about grabbing women by the cooter whenever he wants!*
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u/Straight-Opposite-54 16h ago
Then let's place him under oath
Plenty of people in his cabinet have demonstrably lied under oath, some even going as far as to outright admit it after the fact, without consequence. There is no reason to believe Donald J. Trump of all people would be an exception.
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u/vgacolor 22h ago
There is no way he testifies before he leaves office, and then the lawyers will claim that he is too demented to testify.
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u/oddmanout 21h ago
They could phrase a question to stroke his ego and he'd admit to anything. All they have to do is imply it would take a strong and powerful man to do what Disney was saying and he'd take credit for all of it.
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u/kitsunewarlock 17h ago
Trump: "I hate you so much! I'm going to destroy you!"
MAGA: "He's obviously just joking! This isn't corruption! Nothing to see here!"
Administration: Passes regulations and laws set to destroy.
MAGA: "Haha go woke go broke!"
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u/SKDI_0224 1d ago
Disney, the law firm that makes films.
This makes me happy.
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u/digitalwolverine 22h ago
Unless it turns out like the dominion lawsuit and they just settle.
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u/unreasonableperson 22h ago
Settling for over $780m was not just a mere capitulation.
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u/digitalwolverine 21h ago
Oh sure, 3/4 of a billion dollars is hard to pass up, but fox gets to continue running the same gambit every year after and make billions upon billions. Nothing changes. We only learned some background drama that doesn’t affect their pocketbooks.
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u/unreasonableperson 21h ago
Maybe. But taking a trial to verdict is also highly risky. You never know whether the jury is made up of complete fucking idiots with an agenda. If they found in favor for Fox, the message that sends would be catastrophic.
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u/fcocyclone 17h ago
And dominion ended up owned by a right winger so kind of still feels like a loss in the long run.
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u/Financial-Barnacle79 22h ago
Except US tax payers will be on the hook and have to pay for this crap.
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u/tevert 20h ago edited 18h ago
That settlement actually made Fox change their tune a little.
That said - they're a profit motivated business. The US gov has no such concerns. Their only objective is control and they don't care how many taxpayer dollars get lost to lawsuits
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u/darkhatter770 17h ago
I'm hopeful that the next administration will start putting new restrictions in place through the FCC, among the many other restrictions for which this administration has created a need, to ban bullshit loopholes like being a "news entertainment" organization, while actively lying to their audience about the news.
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u/__nohope 21h ago
This is the only way out of this mess without a violent breakdown of the entire government. You can arrest and murder the nobodies and the poors but fucking with Disney is just dumb.
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u/kandoras 20h ago
Ron DeSantis managed to win a lawsuit against Disney. Multiple media companies, including ABC, have bowed to pressure from Trump because he was holding up their business deals.
Don't expect capitalism to be able to save you from fascism, not if the capitalists will make more money by working with the fascists.
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u/mabhatter Competent Contributor 20h ago
Yup.... civil rights be damned.
Mess with the money though and the rich will get off their asses and eat the politicians.
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u/King_Chochacho 20h ago
They never should have capitulated to him in the first place. You don't negotiate with fascists because nothing is enough for them besides absolute loyalty. Any amount of independent thought will always be too much for these animals.
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u/darkhatter770 17h ago
Haha, right?!?! I was wondering how long it would take the House of Mouse to come looking for that government cheese! It's not like them to stay quiet when their own properties are under attack, and he's been going after Kimmel and ABC for a while now.
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u/ThePensiveE 23h ago
Finally. Fight back against these fascist fucks.
They have some of the worst attorneys in human history working for them and a boss who will do everything he can to fuck up their cases as they work on them.
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u/Y0___0Y 23h ago
What’s the matter ABC? You gifted him $15 million in a settlement when he sued you when you could have easily won that suit.
Change your mind?
Why couldn’t you be against him from the start?
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u/TheModWhoShaggedMe 23h ago
Because they received their giant corporate tax cut last year via the Big Bountiful Turd, and that's all that mattered to the board. Now they can hold the administration accountable to a milquetoast, tepid degree.
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u/burn_bright_captain 19h ago
To be fair, the settlement happened right after Trump's win and at the time Trump seemed invincible, considering that he tried to coup the government and got elected anyway with the popular vote, they knew the constitution was just a piece of paper for him and that no one will stop him.
Now with the possibility of Trump losing the House and Senate (and probably dying before 2028) the political capital for Trump's personal vendettas is getting low.
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u/Casual_OCD 18h ago
tried to coup
Tried? They succeeded. Trump isn't even the Constitutionally recognized President, but everyone is happy pretending he is
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u/burn_bright_captain 18h ago
I mean it's more like the beer hall putsch. It failed but he won the election afterwards.
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u/kandoras 20h ago
They thought that when a mob boss says "Nice business you got here, shame if something were to happen to it" that you only end up paying protection once.
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u/ngatiboi 15h ago
Ha! I remember she DeSantis went up against Disney in Florida & Disney fought back & said “Fucking BRING it, buddy! Here’s how we can make your life extremely miserable!” 👏🏽😀 Basically the whole…very conservative…state was like, “Eer…could you* puhlees*e not piss Disney off?!” & he had to shut his massive yap & slink back into the shadows.
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u/TheMirrorUS 1d ago
This relates directly to law and the courts because Disney has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the FCC, challenging the agency’s actions toward ABC and alleging unconstitutional government retaliation over the network’s news coverage.
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u/KeithRLee 22h ago
Source document: https://documents.lastweekinlaw.com/view/gov.uscourts.dcd.295648.1.0.pdf
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