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Former prosecutor pursued by Trump calls for crackdown on election lies: ‘Lying can be held to account’ (www.theguardian.com)
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In a new book, Liar’s Kingdom: How to Stop Trump’s Deceit and Save America, Weissmann makes the case for major reform to hold political liars to account when their lies damage democracy itself, without falling afoul of free speech rights under the first amendment.

Weissmann proposes a Truth in Elections Act, built on existing law. The Stolen Valor Act of 2005, which criminalizes lying about military honors “with intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit”, survived a US supreme court challenge.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fucking love this idea.

Thanks to SCOTUS, Donald himself would be unaccountable, but if this ever did happen (doubtful) his underlings would be exposed.