November 16, 2020
President Donald Trump's reelection campaign dropped a defamation suit in Wisconsin federal court accusing an NBC affiliate and political action committee of running an ad that falsely quoted him as referring to the coronavirus pandemic as a "hoax."
June 19, 2020
President Donald Trump's campaign has added a progressive political action committee as another target of a defamation suit already leveled against an NBC affiliate in Wisconsin because the PAC produced and sponsored an ad that featured allegedly manipulated clips of Trump claiming the coronavirus was "a hoax."
May 28, 2020
President Donald Trump's reelection campaign hit back Thursday against an NBC affiliate's efforts to have a defamation suit against it tossed, stating that the First Amendment does not protect known falsehoods like the "synthetically altered" audio clip featured in an advertisement aired by the channel.
May 07, 2020
President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is trying to punish an NBC affiliate for "airing the president's own words" in a political advertisement criticizing the administration's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the broadcaster told a Wisconsin federal court.