Trump lashes out after liberal think tank says National Guard deployments did not reduce violent crime
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- The Guardian Worldseen 24 Aug, 03:14headline rewritten
Trump threatens $5bn lawsuit over liberal National Guard policy reportTrump threatens $5bn lawsuit over liberal national guard policy report
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Tue, 11 August 2026
2 reports- The Hill14:36first to report
President Trump on Monday lashed out at the Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank, after it released a report last month suggesting the National Guard deployments failed to reduce violent crime. "Chandler Hall, representing, on Television, the foolish Center for American Lack of Progress, stated that adding the National Guard to Cities,...
- kpic.com16:20
President Donald Trump on Monday evening lashed out at a progressive think tank for hinting that deploying the National Guard to major cities didn’t decrease.
Fri, 21 August 2026
3 reports- The Hill16:59
President Trump has demanded a liberal think tank retract a critical report on his National Guard deployments by Friday evening, threatening to file a $5 billion defamation suit if it doesn’t. In a nine-page letter sent Monday by Trump’s personal attorney, which was reviewed by The Hill, he claimed the Center for American Progress (CAP) “manufactured”...
- bendigoadvertiser.com.au23:38
A think tank that cast doubt on the Trump administration's use of the National Guard to reduce crime...
- The Guardian World23:49edited after publishing
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Trump threatens $5bn lawsuit over liberal National Guard policy reportA 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 criticizing the effectiveness of the president’s National Guard rollout. The report released 13 July argues that the National Guard deployment in Washington DC, Memphis and Los...
Sat, 22 August 2026
1 report- PBS NewsHour17:36Trump 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.