t, a public figure for whom the bar for defamation is extremely high.

 let us first address the claims and arguments that Trump has forced his lawyers to sign their names to. First, the suit lists five instances when CNN aired comparisons between Trumpism and Nazism. Three were from when Trump was president, a public figure for whom the bar for defamation is extremely high. Those three were 2019 interviews with public figures who made the comparison, including House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C.; singer Linda Ronstadt; and a psychiatrist whose hyperbole was — as the suit gleefully notes — rated “Pants on Fire” by PolitiFact.  https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-s-defamation-suit-against-cnn-hilarious-mistake-n1299308?cid=eml_mda_20221009&user_email=c0a1700cf9556c2a337549e763d083d317ba6a6555e246a5d57ec2c12b74b5a2