Trump lawyer vows to sue CNN for linking the former president to an Adolf Hitler theory

Former President Donald Trump gives the keynote address at the Faith and Freedom Coalition during their annual conference on June 17, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee.

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• Lindsey Halligan, an attorney for Donald Trump, said she planned to sue CNN for defamation.
• She said the network defamed the former president by calling his election fraud claims "The Big Lie." 
• The phrase "is actually linked to Adolf Hitler," Halligan said on Steve Bannon's War Room podcast.

In an interview for Steve Bannon's War Room podcast, an attorney for Donald Trump said she planned to sue CNN for defamation over the network's reporting on the former president's election fraud claims. 

"CNN branded Trump as a liar, and referred to his questions regarding voter fraud as The Big Lie, which is actually linked to Adolf Hitler," Lindsey Halligan, a Florida attorney, said. 

The German expression "the big lie" was coined by Hitler in his book "Mein Kampf" to describe a lie so egregious that no one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously."

On Wednesday, Trump released a 282-page statement detailing his intent to sue CNN over their coverage of his baseless voter fraud claims, which the network called "The Big Lie." In his statement, he defines the word "lie" as something known or believed by the speaker to be untrue. 

"In this instance, President Trump's comments are not lies: He subjectively believes that the results of the 2020 presidential election turned on fraudulent voting activity in several key states," the former president's letter read. 

Some legal scholars have argued Trump's stance that he believed the voter fraud falsehoods may be key to his defense, as it may make criminal intent more difficult to prove. However, Trump's "willful blindness" to the facts of the case may, in fact, establish intent and serve as evidence.  

Voter fraud claims perpetuated by the former president have been repeatedly debunked by the media, as well as conservative politicians, lawyers for the Trump administration, and allies of Trump himself. 

"So it's pretty simple: if you're going to call someone a liar, back it up with researched, well-founded facts. Otherwise, don't report it, don't distort the truth," Halligan said during an interview for the War Room podcast. "CNN responded to our letter today advising us that they will not retract the statements, so they will be getting served with a lawsuit very shortly, I believe."

According to the latest information available through the Florida Bar Association, Halligan was previously employed with the law firm Cole, Scott & Kissane specializing in property insurance claims, but her profile has since been removed from their website. It is unclear where she is currently practicing law.

Halligan did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. 

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US regulators will certify first small nuclear reactor design

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Has anyone tried Oshen salmon?

I’m interested in this brand but can’t decide if it’s good quality. The reviews are really good, but it’s Chilean and farmed. Anyone tried it?

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Why do scrambled eggs sometimes taste artificial- almost as if vanilla extract was added?

I’ve had scrambled eggs many times in my life and I’ve noticed that on a few occasions at various establishments the eggs have this sweet flavor that turns me off. Akin to how some people have distaste for cilantro bc its tastes like soap to them. Other people wont have any qualms about the same eggs. It is artificial eggs they are using and I just seem to have a sensitive pallet? At first I thought they used too much cooking spray or added a weird herb but its happens too many times at various places. Can anyone relate or know what I’m referring to?!

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Joe Manchin complained that he was 'ostracized' and 'victimized' after killing Biden's Build Back Better bill

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key vote on President Joe Biden's domestic spending agenda, arrives to chair a hearing, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021.

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• Sen. Joe Manchin told a radio host he was "ostracized" after killing Biden's Build Back Better Act.
• The West Virginia Democrat maintained that he thought it was a "bad bill for our economy."
• But he said his deal with Sen. Schumer on climate, taxes, and healthcare should "do some good."

Sen. Joe Manchin complained in an interview on Thursday that he thought he'd been "ostracized" and "victimized" after not supporting the Build Back Better Act.

Speaking on the West Virginia radio show "Talkline with Hoppy Kercheval," Manchin maintained that he still would not back any version of Build Back Better.

"I'd been ostracized and victimized, if you will, because I killed the BBB," Manchin told Kercheval. "Because the BBB, I think, was just a bad deal for our economy. It's a bad deal for our country and changes the trajectory of who we are as a people. So I was totally opposed to that."

Manchin went on to say that this new piece of legislation that he and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer have agreed on is "truly going to be around inflation reduction."

"I told my staff to start scrubbing this bill down. There can't be one thing, as you can say, that will cause inflation," Manchin said of the Inflation Reduction Act that he and Schumer surprisingly released on Wednesday.

Manchin told Kercheval that he thought this new piece of legislation shouldn't be concerning to Republicans because it would help to boost revenue. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, for one, slammed the deal, claiming it would cause "giant tax hikes."

The bill says it wouldn't increase taxes for households making less than $400,000 per year.

"I knew no matter what we do — if we could do some good now and have an energy policy that worked and do all this too without raising taxes, truly not raising taxes and not adding to inflation, and I'm gonna walk away from that because I think it's going to harm me politically?" Manchin told Kercheval. "Then, I'm the wrong person to be where I'm at."

The senator added that President Joe Biden had not been involved in his talks with Schumer.

"I was not going to bring the president in," Manchin told Kercheval, adding that he thought the deal could very well "not have happened at all if he did."

"It could have absolutely gone sideways," he added.

Manchin's surprise deal with Schumer after secret, high-level talks is an advancement of a trimmed-down version of Biden's economic plans. It constitutes a deal for $370 billion that would go to climate and energy, and a cut of 40% in US emissions by 2030.

The Senate and House still need to vote on the bill, but Biden said he would sign it if it reaches his desk.

Manchin told Politico on Wednesday that he cut the deal with Schumer because the Democratic Party might just lose the House in the midterms.

"We don't know what the future will bring," Manchin said.

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Instagram will start asking some users for their race or ethnicity

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Do stainless steel pans become more non-stick with time?

Two years ago, when I decided to up my cooking game, I ditched an old beaten Greenpan that I used primarily for cooking and replaced it with a new nice stainless steel pan. I followed all recommendations regarding cooking with SS and my experience with it was pleasant, food rarely ever sticked to it. As I used the pan on a daily basis, I couldn’t help but notice that it was becoming more non-stick. One day, I even dared to make French omelette (Julia Child style, with shaking the pan) and was pleasantly surprised when the omelette got off the pan without any problems. I tried to make the omelette several times afterwards as well and each time there was absolutely no sticking. Do stainless steel pans get seasoned over time like cast iron and become more non-stick? Or is it because I mastered the heat control for this particular pan and found that sweet temperature range within which nothing sticks or burns?

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