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Aug 21, 2026

Trump threatens $5 billion defamation lawsuit against Center for American Progress over National Guard report

President Trump's legal team has threatened to sue the Center for American Progress for $5 billion over a report finding no evidence that National Guard deployments reduced violent crime. The liberal think tank received a letter demanding retraction of the report.

Aug 21, 2026·2 sources
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  • ▪Alejandro Brito, a personal lawyer for Donald Trump, sent a letter to the Center for American Progress threatening a defamation lawsuit seeking at least $5 billion in damages.
  • ▪The Center for American Progress president and CEO Neera Tanden rejected the lawsuit threat as a baseless attack on First Amendment protections and a transparent attempt to silence independent research.
  • ▪The Trump administration first deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June 2025 to protect federal immigration and law enforcement officials amid protests over immigration raids.

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