As of early October, an article about Donald Trump’s history as a libel plaintiff—one that called him a “libel bully” and a “libel loser” based on his track record in court—was slated to run in the November issue of Communications Lawyer, a quarterly newsletter from one of the American Bar Association’s member groups.
On an Oct. 14 conference call though, ABA officials told the newsletter’s editors who had approved the piece that they were concerned about some of the language. ABA deputy executive director James Dimos followed up with an email five days later characterizing the article as a “partisan attack piece” that could leave the ABA vulnerable to legal action by Trump. He sent proposed edits that removed or replaced certain words and paragraphs.
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