MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough said in an interview that he has considered taking legal action against President Trump for repeatedly amplifying an unfounded conspiracy theory about the death of one of Scarborough's former aides.
Scarborough, a former GOP lawmaker from Florida, told the Times Radio that he consulted defamation lawyers in New York and Washington, D.C., about a potential lawsuit after Trump suggested repeatedly last year that Scarborough may have murdered his aide.
The MSNBC host said he was advised by the lawyers that he could not sue Trump because he was the president.
Scarborough said in the interview that aired Sunday he disagreed with the notion that the president is immune from legal action and also suggested he could potentially try to sue Trump in the future, without providing further details.
“They said, well you can’t sue the president because he’s the president and he’s got immunity — which I disagree with, I think there may be a challenge there. I may sue him in the future,” Scarborough said.
“I am going to go back to the lawyer after he leaves office and I’m going to make sure — because why should a president be immune from a lawsuit if he does something like that?” he later added.
Scarborough would be limited in his ability to sue Trump for defamation because the television personality would be considered a public figure.
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