Michael Steele Asks Maggie Haberman How They ‘Suffer Through’ Trump’s ‘BS’ Defamation Lawsuits

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STEELE: “I want to shift to something that, again, is equally important because it affects what you do, what you and your colleagues at the time and our friends here in Washington do at the various papers that are represented here, and that is to tell the stories of the nation and to share those stories through their reporting. You have the president, yet again, engaging in a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. Bloomberg noted yesterday, 'The federal judge overseeing President Trump’s $15 billion...' — I think he just makes up numbers, by the way, just my thought on that — '...$15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times deferred ruling on the newspaper’s request to toss the case, and instead is allowing Trump to revise his complaint. The president has until August 27th to file an amended suit. Defendants in this case are Susan Craig, Russ Buettner, Peter Baker and Michael S. Schmidt and Penguin Random House. You’re not one of the reporters listed in the lawsuit, but after your book came out, president took note by posting, 'Maggie has made a living off her bad reporting and will pay the price when our multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the failing New York Times gets to court, which should not be that long.' I — just your thoughts, Maggie. I mean, look, you’re doing your job. The First Amendment still matters, even though it doesn’t to Donald Trump. How do you and your colleagues suffer through this B.S. from this administration when at the same time he’s doing this, he’s calling and trying to get your attention to drop stories, and members of his administration want you to know what they’re doing and want you to tell a particular slant on the stories that they want to see?"