I’m not an attorney and I don’t play one on TV. But BuzzFeed could be in serious legal trouble for fake news dossier about Trump and Russia. It would be very fitting, and deserving if Buzzfeed gets Gawkered. The Ben Smithing of Buzzfeed has brought this on themselves.
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While BuzzFeed weathers criticism for publishing a document cache containing unsubstantiated and scandalous allegations about President-elect Donald Trump and his confidantes, they also could face legal consequences.
The organization elected to publish a 35-page dossier claiming Russian operatives had compromising personal and financial information about the president-elect and others in his orbit. The documents were compiled by a former British intelligence officer working for a private intelligence firm in London at the behest of Trump’s political opponents. They were later shared with Democratic political operatives and members of Congress.
If the salacious allegations in the document cache prove false, an individual named in the documents may have cause to bring a libel lawsuit against BuzzFeed.