• Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 months ago

    alleged role,

    Until he’s been criminally convicted for it, it’s “alleged” in order to avoid defamation and libel cases.

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      7 months ago

      He was found by a trial and state supreme Court to have engaged in an insurrection. It’s not alleged.

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        7 months ago

        He was found by a trial and state supreme Court to have engaged in an insurrection. It’s not alleged.

        If you want to be safe from libel and defamation cases, it’s “alleged” until you’ve been found guilty/liable at trial, and that hasn’t happened to Trump yet.

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          7 months ago

          I don’t think that’s true. The Colorado state supreme Court says he engaged in an insurrection. Truth is a defense.