Trump lawyer sues BuzzFeed for publishing Russia dossier

That included a claim that Cohen had travelled to Prague for secret meetings with a Russian official. Cohen said he has never been to Prague and his passport shows no visits to the Czech Republic.

“Enough is enough of the #fake #RussianDossier,” Cohen wrote on Twitter. “Just filed a defamation action against @BuzzFeedNews for publishing the lie filled document on @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and me!”

When it published the dossier, Buzzfeed noted it contained allegations that were unverified and had some “clear errors.” BuzzFeed said it was nevertheless publishing the document “so that Americans can make up their own minds” about the allegations against Trump.

Cohen also filed a lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday against Fusion GPS, saying the political opposition reports it prepared included “immensely damaging and defamatory statements.”

He faulted the company for recklessly distributing the dossier and allowing it to “fall into the hands of media devoted to breaking news on the hottest subject of the day: the Trump candidacy.”

Josh Levy, a lawyer for Fusion, declined to comment Wednesday morning.

BuzzFeed spokesman Matt Mittenthal defended the publication of the dossier and added, “we look forward to defending our First Amendment rights in court.”

In an opinion column published in The New York Times, BuzzFeed editor-in-chief Ben Smith said he was proud of the decision to publish the dossier, saying Russian attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. election has become the “central challenge to Mr. Trump’s presidency.”

“The dossier is unquestionably real news,” he wrote.

The Associated Press

by Canadian Press

Trump lawyer sues BuzzFeed for publishing Russia dossier

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