If libel laws change, President Trump better lawyer up

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Apparently still angry about accusations in Michael Wolff’s new book Fire and Fury, President Trump declared the nation’s libel laws “a sham and a disgrace,” and warned that his administration would “take a strong look” at making the rules fairer—presumably for politicians.

But if that happens, he better lawyer up. Furious Trump forgets that anything Wolff wrote in his tabloid tell-all is more than mild compared to his own mistruths.

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