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First, false statements of fact can lead to civil liability if they are "said with a sufficiently culpable mental state". [8] This possibly includes conscious lies about military service. [9] The second category is a subset of the first: knowingly false statements (deliberate lies). [8] This includes things like libel and slander.
"Actual malice" means then that the defendant intentionally made false statements of alleged facts, or recklessly failed to verify alleged facts when any reasonable person would have checked. If it is held that the defendant made intentionally false statements of fact, that will form a powerful argument that any statements of opinion based upon ...
Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, [1] even by merely ...
Second, knowingly making a false statement of fact can sometimes be punished. Libel and slander laws fall under this category. Third, negligently false statements of fact may lead to civil liability in some instances. [21] Lastly, some implicit statements of fact—those that have a "false factual connotation"—can also fall under this exception.
The claim: Exclusion of Trump in Oregon voters' pamphlet is proof of election interference. An Oct. 10 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) shows several pictures of an online and printed ...
Opinion privilege is a protected form of speech, of importance to US federal and state law.The US First Amendment guarantees free speech, subject to certain limitations.One of these limitations is defamation, in various forms, notably libel.
Our rating: False Oregon's Republican Party and the Secretary of State's Office said former President Donald Trump's statement was excluded because he chose not to submit one. His name is listed ...
The claim: Image shows Trump statement naming Tucker Carlson as White House press secretary. A Nov. 13 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) includes an image that purports to show a statement ...