Exonerated Five Sue Trump for Defamation After Decades of Lies

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Trump is appealing those judgments.
42% : None of those facts mattered to Trump for decades.
39% : "It would be good if Mr. Trump would retract his statement and apologize but we aren't holding our breath for that," Shanin Specter, a lead attorney for the Exonerated Five, wrote in an email to Capital B.In the only debate between the candidates, Vice President Kamala Harris called out how Trump has used his notoriety and wealth to divide the country.
38% : Brown, Santana, and Richardson, all 50, and Wise, 52, are activists for criminal justice reform.
28% : With this litigation, the Exonerated Five are seeking an unspecified amount for damages to their reputation, emotional pain and suffering, out-of-pocket costs and expenses to file a civil lawsuit, and punitive damages to punish Trump "for his conduct and deter him and others similarly situated from like acts in the future," according to the lawsuit.
27% : Trump has found ways to weasel out of paying his bills, has repeatedly uttered racist comments without blinking twice, and he owes nearly $1 billion in civil litigations.
25% : During last month's presidential debate, Trump took his inaccuracies even further and falsely said they pleaded guilty, pushing the five men -- known as the Central Park Five or Exonerated Five -- to file a federal lawsuit against the former president on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
25% : The 78-year-old owes $489 million for a civil fraud case the Office of the New York State Attorney General filed against him, and over $90 million to E. Jean Carroll for defamation and liability lawsuits she filed against Trump accusing him of sexually abusing her in the 1990s and defaming her reputation.
22% : Since May 1, 1989, Trump has publicized his "hate" for the five Black and brown teenagers accused by law enforcement of nearly killing a young white woman in that famous Manhattan park.
22% : They have ongoing pain and suffering that's tacked on whenever the next attack by Trump occurs.
19% : With each defamatory comment Trump makes about their case, he casts them "in a harmful false light and intentionally inflicts emotional distress on them," Specter, the lead attorney for the Exonerated Five, wrote in a news release.
18% : Trump tried to shrug off his 35-year-old ad that called for the death penalty for a non-homicide case.
17% : "Read More: The Courthouse Where Trump Surrendered Conjures an Ugly HistorySalaam, 50, is in his first term as a New York City Council member.

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