Pollak: Kyle Rittenhouse Can Sue Jen Psaki for Defamation
November 24th, 2021
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Newly-acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse could sue White House press secretary Jen Psaki for defamation, following
her claim Tuesday afternoon that he was linked to the Proud Boys and her implication that he was a violent "white supremacist." Psaki dodged a question about whether President Joe Biden's would apologize for his claim in 2020 that Rittenhouse was a "white supremacist,"
despite the complete lack of evidence, and recent suggestions of a looming defamation lawsuit. As Breitbart News reported at the time
, Biden called Rittenhouse a "white supremacist," without evidence, more than a month after the Aug. 25, 2020, attack in which he was later charged...
Rittenhouse has a good case for defamation against Biden. In an interview with Fox News' Tucker Carlson, Rittenhouse asked Biden to consider the facts, and suggesteda lawsuit was possible. On Tuesday afternoon, Fox News' Peter Doocy asked Psaki whether the president would apologize, given Rittenhouse's acquittal, and the lack of any evidence that Rittenhouse was a white supremacist. Rather than answer the question,
Psaki attempted to blame former President Donald Trump for the violence, claiming that he had "actively" supported white supremacists and militia groups during his presidency, and that the violence involving Rittenhouse was a consequence.
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She also claimed that Rittenhouse had "posed for photos" with the Proud Boys, a right-wing group.The judge also said that even if it were to be shown that Rittenhouse later met members of the Proud Boys, that was not evidence that he had any connection with them at the time of the riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, several months earlier, and therefore
it was inadmissible as evidence in the trial. In addition, Biden's claim that Rittenhouse was a "white supremacist" came in September 2020 — months before that photograph was taken in January 2021. Moreover,
Rittenhouse had just denied the night before that he was ever in a "militia," or knew what a militia was....
Unlike the president, Psaki does not enjoy immunity from civil torts while Biden is in office. Rittenhouse is a public figure, and would have to show that she acted with
"actual malice," which is defined as "reckless disregard for the truth." That, in turn, usually requires plaintiffs to show that a defendant knew something was untrue, or could have known, but said it anyway.
Psaki could arguably be said to have acted with "actual malice." Psaki's claims connecting Rittenhouse to "white supremacist" groups, "militia," and vigilantism
could see her added to the growing list of media and political figures who are now vulnerable to defamation suits by Rittenhouse. Pollak: Kyle Rittenhouse Can Sue Jen Psaki for Defamation | Jew World Order (http://www.jewworldorder.org/pollak-kyle-rittenhouse-can-sue-jen-psaki-for-defamation/)
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