FROM: POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook
TRUMPACHUSETTS —
— “Claiming defamation, lawyer for Anthony Scaramucci demands retractions from Daily op-eds,” by The Tufts Daily: “On Nov. 21, the Daily received a letter from the law firm Sadis & Goldberg LLP, which was retained by former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci. The letter demanded that the Daily retract parts of two op-eds pertaining to Scaramucci’s position on The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Board of Advisors and issue a public apology, or legal action would be pursued.”
https://tuftsdaily.com/opinion/2017/11/27/cease-and-desist-letter/
FROM MASSterList:
| Scaramucci threatens to sue Tufts student over op-ed columns |
The Mooch is in the news again. From the Globe’s John Hilliard: “Tufts University postponed a Monday event featuring Anthony Scaramucci, a former Trump White House spokesman, after he threatened to sue a student and the school newspaper for defamation following the publication of an op-ed column criticizing him. Scaramucci, a Tufts graduate, has served on an advisory board at Tufts’ Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy since 2016.” The Globe also quotes the editor of the Tufts Daily as saying the paper will run “Scaramucci’s letter demanding a retraction and an apology in Monday’s print edition.”
An apology? More like a white flag. Here’s the letter from Scaramucci’s lawyer, as published online by the Tufts Daily. No sign yet of the “apology.” Here’s hoping Tufts University has the spine to vigorously defend the student and newspaper against a powerful alum issuing obnoxious legal threats – and here’s hoping it’s not urging compromise. But considering the dismal record of colleges defending free-speech rights on campuses these days, maybe our hopes are misplaced. The Herald’s Jules Crittenden and O’Ryan Johnson have more on the controversy. Btw: Here’s the first column and the second column by Tufts grad student Camilo A. Caballero. Universal Hub’s Adam Gaffin typically cuts to the core of the issue in the lead of his story.
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