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By Elura Nanos, Law Newz

Remember when Donald Trump threatened to sue the women who accused him of sexual assault for defamation? Or when he threatened to sue the New York Times? Or when he filed that ridiculous lawsuit against Bill Maher for joking that hed been the result of orangutan sex? Were used to Trumps crying slander! at every turn but what about former President Obama? Could he sue Donald Trump for accusing him of having wiretapped Trump Tower?

Lets face it, the idea of Barack Obama squaring off against Donald Trump in a courtroom would be nothing short of show-stopping, even if its just a civil courtroom, and even if its not for impeachment purposes. By now, Obama must have had his fill of unfounded Trump-inspired accusations about everything from his citizenship to his religion; he would hardly appear thin-skinned if he attempted to hold Trumps feet to the fire over claims of campaign corruption and misuse of power. Likely, though, even assuming Trump is lying about the wiretapping in the tweet below, theres not much of a case.

Defamation (libel, for anything written, such as Trumps tweet, and slander for anything spoken) has several requirements beyond simply proving that someone told a lie. For one, Plaintiff Obama would need to prove that the lie damaged his reputation. In many cases, the making of a negative false statement clearly damages the victims reputation; but when it comes to President Trump, things are markedly different. The combination of Trumps serious credibility problem with Obamas ever-skyward popularity simply does not add up to an obvious damage to reputation. Those who love Obama probably wouldnt be swayed by anything President Trump says, and the haters would surely remain haters. Kind of a net-zero on the whole reputation thing.

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