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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,931 posts)
Mon May 4, 2026, 02:33 PM Monday

Important Update on the Trumps Threatening to Sue MeidasTouch

Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network

I know a lot of you have been asking for an update after Eric Trump threatened to sue us.

As you’ll recall, the whole thing started because our Editor-in-Chief, Ron Filipkowski, reposted a Financial Times article and pointed out a simple fact: Eric Trump was an investor in a company tied to government-backed contracts. That’s it.

In response, Eric Trump went on a public tantrum, telling us to be “very careful” and throwing around the word “defamation.” A lot of bluster and whining in what’s clearly a poor attempt to impersonate his daddy.

We made our position crystal clear. If you want to go down that road, we will hold you accountable. And yes, I will personally take your deposition.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/important-update-on-the-trumps-threatening

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Important Update on the Trumps Threatening to Sue MeidasTouch (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP
More from the OP link: FakeNoose Monday #1
Should if signed it, thank you for your attention... Be The Light Yesterday #17
I love the way they worded that! BComplex 16 hrs ago #21
Exactly this angrychair Monday #2
By odd coincidence, earlier today I said that the one magic word that terrifies Repugs is DEPOSITION. flashman13 Monday #3
The other word is JPK Monday #9
Right you are JPJ! flashman13 Monday #13
Bravo to Meidas Touch! Cha Monday #4
BEN MEISELAS, "I will personally take your deposition." Botany Monday #5
Taco just like Daddy RANDYWILDMAN Monday #7
Discovery would be awesome too. Botany Monday #8
Inheriting Daddy's love for frivolous lawsuits BaronChocula Monday #6
Threaten to sue? OK. Go right ahead. Discovery will be fun. But not for Donnie's spawn. paleotn Monday #10
Didn't the Republicons Glaisne Monday #11
MTN is mighty! yellow dahlia Monday #12
Ugghh! long after trump is gone we'll still have Eric and Don jr. IcyPeas Monday #14
So...the update is nothing has happened. progressoid Monday #15
How many hours does this monster spending suing people? vapor2 Monday #16
Easy way to make money, I suppose. calimary 16 hrs ago #20
Just another bully Farmer-Rick 19 hrs ago #18
Very telling that Trump considers an accusation of being "an investor in a company tied to government-backed contracts" Martin68 16 hrs ago #19
Defamation? So what? Pay them with the same money that Trump pays out to his rape victims... Moostache 16 hrs ago #22
The actual facts don't support the crybaby Trumps DemocracyForever 15 hrs ago #23
Roy Cohn 101: Attack those who publish the truth to discredit them. Ford_Prefect 15 hrs ago #24
The Chumps believe they can discourage the truth by slapping lawsuits on truthful people FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #25

FakeNoose

(42,146 posts)
1. More from the OP link:
Mon May 4, 2026, 02:59 PM
Monday
Here’s the reality: MeidasTouch was built by some of the best lawyers in the country. These threats don’t scare us. They motivate us. They make us work harder, grow faster, and fight stronger. We have rigorous editorial standards. We have legal discipline. And we will never, ever, be bullied or intimidated.

If you’ve been paying attention, you already know we are not messing around. Even just last week, MeidasTouch host Katie Phang took legal action against Trump tied to Epstein transparency issues. So let’s be clear: when you threaten to sue us, we’re ready to fight back.

Welcome to 2026.
- more at link -

BComplex

(9,948 posts)
21. I love the way they worded that!
Tue May 5, 2026, 12:04 PM
16 hrs ago
About time the bullies heard real power, instead of pitiful bluster.

angrychair

(12,443 posts)
2. Exactly this
Mon May 4, 2026, 03:43 PM
Monday

This is what Democratic Party voters want to see. Unvarnished, simple and direct. Do what you say and say what you do.
And people can't just say it and then make a backroom deal a couple of days later.
Live it and don't be afraid to say it in public, to their faces.

flashman13

(2,538 posts)
3. By odd coincidence, earlier today I said that the one magic word that terrifies Repugs is DEPOSITION.
Mon May 4, 2026, 04:14 PM
Monday

Talk is cheap, but when it is time to swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, they just disappear.

Botany

(77,725 posts)
8. Discovery would be awesome too.
Mon May 4, 2026, 04:42 PM
Monday

So, Mr.Trump does your business have a contract or contracts with the Federal Government?


Eric is gonna drop this suit in a heartbeat. Or right after his attorney gives him the come to
Jesus talk about his liabilities.

BaronChocula

(4,691 posts)
6. Inheriting Daddy's love for frivolous lawsuits
Mon May 4, 2026, 04:34 PM
Monday

And his love for getting thrown out of court. Dumbest family ever.

calimary

(90,577 posts)
20. Easy way to make money, I suppose.
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:59 AM
16 hrs ago

You have to pay your lawyers, but if you pick the right targets, they’ll settle with you just to make you go away.

Farmer-Rick

(12,766 posts)
18. Just another bully
Tue May 5, 2026, 08:53 AM
19 hrs ago

Who learned to be a bully from his psycho dad.

The crazy dysfunctioning idiocy just gets passed on.

Martin68

(28,004 posts)
19. Very telling that Trump considers an accusation of being "an investor in a company tied to government-backed contracts"
Tue May 5, 2026, 11:56 AM
16 hrs ago

to be defamation. That's an acknowledgement that the act is illegal, or at the very least, shameful. Might prove useful in future indictments against Trump and his regime for using their offices for personal gain.

Moostache

(11,259 posts)
22. Defamation? So what? Pay them with the same money that Trump pays out to his rape victims...
Tue May 5, 2026, 12:23 PM
16 hrs ago

Trump family?

Some people are saying that Eric fucks goats. Others are saying that Junior gets hand jobs from homeless people with the promise of money, then stiffs them. Still others insist that Ivanka is actual a trans-gendered male and has not gone public yet because she uses the leverage on Jared to maintain wealth standards.

I have heard outlets report that Donald Trump rapes underage girls, that he raped a woman in the 90's and has been adjudicated as a rapist for that. I have seen recordings of Donald Sr. admitting to sexual assault, infidelity, adultery, desirous even sexual feelings for his own child, and much more - and THAT'S just the 100% TRUE STUFF!!!!

You can not actually defame a family that traffics in smut for a living, is known to be full of thieves and grifters and has the collective conscious of a tse-tse fly. Literally nothing in my first paragraph is actually true (most of it is just satire or parody of their scummy nature), while EVERYTHING in the second is far worse and 100% TRUE to boot!

DemocracyForever

(120 posts)
23. The actual facts don't support the crybaby Trumps
Tue May 5, 2026, 12:39 PM
15 hrs ago

I would love to see them squirm when they're confronted with the actual facts in an actual deposition.

Ford_Prefect

(8,650 posts)
24. Roy Cohn 101: Attack those who publish the truth to discredit them.
Tue May 5, 2026, 01:09 PM
15 hrs ago

Thus any facts they publish will be doubted.

FakeNoose

(42,146 posts)
25. The Chumps believe they can discourage the truth by slapping lawsuits on truthful people
Tue May 5, 2026, 02:08 PM
14 hrs ago

We've seen this behavior time and again from Chump and his family.

However Ben Meiselas has already said they won't back down: "Bring it on, we're ready to go to court!"

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