Previous Democratic governmental prospect Tulsi Gabbard is cautioning about legal action versus Republican politician Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah and also previous MSNBC host Keith Olbermann for implicating her of being a Russian operative who has actually dedicated treason.
Gabbard, who stood for Hawaii in Congress for four terms, is a Military National Guard veteran as well as lieutenant colonel in the Military Reserves.
She and her lawyer, Harmeet K. Dhillon, announced Wednesday that they have sent cease-and-desist letters to Romney as well as Olbermann advising them to quit implicating her of treason and also telling them to plan for lawsuit.
“When powerful, prominent individuals make unjustified complaints of treason, a crime culpable by fatality, in order to daunt, silence and censor those that talk the reality, it has a chilling result on our democracy,” Gabbard tweeted on Wednesday. “This can not go uncontrolled.”
When effective, prominent individuals make ungrounded accusations of treason, a criminal offense culpable by death, in order to intimidate, silence and censor those who speak the truth, it has a chilling impact on our democracy. This can not go untreated. https://t.co/evoefpc0Yd
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) April 20, 2022
Her news release specifically pointed out Romney’s March 13 tweet in which he said Gabbard was spreading “Russian propaganda” and that her “treasonous lies” would certainly eliminate individuals.
Tulsi Gabbard is birding false Russian propaganda. Her treasonous lies might well cost lives.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) March 13, 2022
“Your allegation that Agent Gabbard, a battle expert and also present military officer, has participated in ‘treasonous’ activity is totally false, a truth of which you were cognizant when you made your insurance claim. And also as explained below, your allegation that Agent Gabbard lied additionally has no basis in fact,” Dhillon wrote in her letter to Romney.
“Your claims that Representative Gabbard talked ‘treasonous lies’ is well-defined defamation,” she proceeded.
Romney was referring to a video clip Gabbard made worrying biomedical research study centers in Ukraine. But Dhillon wrote that everything Gabbard claimed in the video clip is verifiable as well as true.
“In her video, Agent Gabbard made the factual claim that there were American-funded organic research laboratories in Ukraine,” Dhillon claimed. “The presence of organic labs in Ukraine is past conflict.”
The previous congresswoman had blasted Romney one day after his tweet, telling him to show his treason complaint of “resign from the Us senate.”
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