Trump threatens lawsuit against nonprofit that questioned whether National Guard plan lessened crime

The letter gave the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress until the end of business Friday to issue the retraction or face a $5 billion lawsuit. The center declined.

President Donald Trump is threatening to sue a left-leaning think tank unless it retracts a report that said his National Guard deployments to various cities did not reduce crime as he said

Trump threatens lawsuit against nonprofit that questioned whether National Guard plan lessened crime  AP News

A report released by thinktank Cap argues the deployment of the national guard failed to have a measurable impact on crime, despite costing billions The Center for American Progress (Cap) received a letter from Donald Trump’s lawyer threatening a $5bn lawsuit unless the liberal research organization retracts a report c