'F*** around and find out': Trump 2024 co-campaign manager sues news giant (Connecting the Dots: The Daily Beast, The IAC/InterActiveCorp, Bill & Chelsea Clinton, George Stephanopoulos & Wife Alexandra Wentworth, Ian O. Cameron, Steven L. Rattner, FEC, 60 Minutes, ABC News, CBS News, Kamala Harris & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Coverage
depicts him 'as deceptively pocketing campaign money for his own personal gain'
WND
Media / WND.com
By
Nicole Silverio, Daily Caller News Foundation March 24, 2025
https://www.wnd.com/2025/03/f-around-and-find-out-trump-2024-co-campaign-manager-sues-news-giant/
Chris
LaCivita, a senior political adviser for President Donald Trump's 2024
campaign, filed a lawsuit against the Daily Beast Monday for allegedly
publishing "malicious" reporting about him with "reckless
disregard for the truth."
LaCivita's
lawsuit revolves around an October 2024 article by
investigative reporter Michael Isikoff, which alleged that the senior adviser
made $22 million off of the Trump campaign, Axios reported.
The Daily Beast refused LaCivita's
requests to retract the story, instead adding an editor's note stating that he
had made $19.2 million from the Trump campaign and clarifying that his firm
received the alleged money.
"Editor's
Note: The original version of this article mistakenly reported that LaCivita's
firm had received a total of $22 million from Trump's campaign and affiliated
PACs. Based on a further review of FEC records, the
correct total is $19.2 million. The Beast regrets the error. The article has
also been updated to make clear that payments were to LaCivita's LLC not to
LaCivita personally," the Beast's editor's note currently
reads.
The
lawsuit states that the story, titled "Trump In Cash Crisis—As Campaign
Chief's LLC's $19.2m Pay Revealed," caused LaCivita to "suffer
special damages," including damage to his reputation, Axios reported.
"Defendant's
false statements created the false impression that Mr. LaCivita was charging
exorbitant rates for his services and personally enriching himself at the
expense of the campaign, thereby harming his reputation as an honest,
reasonable, and ethical political operative," the lawsuit says. "As a
direct and proximate result of the publication of the defamatory statements,
Mr. LaCivita has suffered special damages, including damage to his reputation
and loss of business income."
LaCivita
issued a short statement confirming his defamation lawsuit against the Daily
Beast.
"F***
around and Find Out," LaCivita wrote on X.
Lawyers
representing LaCivita sent three letters to the Daily Beast urging the outlet
to retract its "defamatory" story and issue an apology, Axios
first reported in
January. In the first letter, his team stated in November that the piece was
defamatory because it alleged that he personally received the cash, instead of
his firm, and failed to mention that most of the money was used to pay for
vendors and campaign advertising, leading the Beast to issue a correction at
the end of the piece.
A
second letter was then sent to the Beast, arguing that the correction was
insufficient and and retraction was needed, Axios report. The article
"depicts Mr. LaCivita as deceptively pocketing campaign money for his own
personal gain" and was on the "verge of being 'fired' because of
it," attorneys said.
The
third letter demanded that the outlet delete a podcast segment that referenced
the incorrect $22 million figure, Axios reported. The Beast followed LaCivita's
request and issued an editor's note to say the outlet "regret[ed" the
error."
LaCivita
and the Republican National Committee (RNC), who is funding the case, first
expressed their intentions to sue The Daily Beast in January as the outlet
continues to "stand by" its reporting, according to Axios.
A
spokesperson for The Daily Beast told the Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF)
that the lawsuit is "meritless" and that the outlet intends to
"defend itself vigorously."
"The
Daily Beast stands by its reporting on Chris LaCivita. His lawsuit is meritless
and a transparent attempt to intimidate the Beast and silence the independent
press," the spokesperson said. "The Beast will defend itself
vigorously and looks forward to following the money to confirm where every
penny flowed in LaCivita's LLC."
Trump
and his associates have entered several legal battles with media outlets. ABC
News settled a
lawsuit with Trump by paying him $15 million in December after host George
Stephanopoulos falsely
claimed he was found liable of rape during a March 10, 2024, segment, while the
president also filed a
$10 billion lawsuit against CBS News for editing a
"60 Minutes" interview with former Vice President Kamala
Harris.
The
Republican National Committee did not immediately respond to the DCNF's request
for comment.
Connecting
the Dots:
IAC/InterActiveCorp was
a funder for the Daily Beast.
Chelsea V. Clinton is a
director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp and the vice chair for
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George Soros is the founder & chairman
for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Michael D. Eisner is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a director at
the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Julius
Genachowski is a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute (think
tank) and was the chief of business operations for the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
IAC/InterActiveCorp was
a funder for the Daily Beast.
Steven L. Rattner was
a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp and a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Trevor Potter was
a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a chairman
for the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Vernon
E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle and a
senior managing director for Lazard Freres & Co. LLC.
Steven L. Rattner was
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the deputy
chairman and deputy CEO for the Lazard Freres & Co. LLC and a
director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Louis W. Cabot is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and married
to Mabel Brandon Cabot.
Mabel Brandon
Cabot is married to Louis W. Cabot and Alexandra
Wentworth’s mother.
Alexandra
Wentworth is Mabel Brandon Cabot’s daughter, married
to George Stephanopoulos and a director at the Children's
Defense Fund.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Children's Defense Fund and the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Susan E. Rice was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is the
White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama
administration and married to Ian O. Cameron.
Ian O. Cameron is
married to Susan E. Rice and was an executive producer for This
Week with George Stephanopoulos.
George
Stephanopoulos is the anchor for This Week with George
Stephanopoulos, married to Alexandra Wentworth, was a chief
Washington correspondent for the ABC News and William J.
Clinton’s senior adviser.
William J. Clinton’s
senior adviser was George Stephanopoulos, is the founder for
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation and Chelsea
V. Clinton’s father.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Chelsea V. Clinton is
William J. Clinton’s daughter, the vice chair for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation and a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
IAC/InterActiveCorp was
a funder for the Daily Beast.
Steven L. Rattner was
a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp, a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), the deputy chairman and deputy CEO for the Lazard
Freres & Co. LLC and is a friend of Michael R. Bloomberg.
Michael R.
Bloomberg is a friend of Steven L. Rattner and the founder
of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder
for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Michael D. Eisner is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a director at
the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Julius
Genachowski is a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute (think
tank) and was the chief of business operations for the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
IAC/InterActiveCorp was
a funder for the Daily Beast.
James S. Crown is the vice chairman for the Aspen Institute
(think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown was
a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Valerie B. Jarrett is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a friend of Michelle
Obama, Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece and was the senior
adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
Newton N. Minow is
a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a senior
counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama was
an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was
a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP and an advocate for the ONE
Campaign.
Cameron F. Kerry is
a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP John F. Kerry’s brother
and a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Vernon
E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle and a
senior managing director for Lazard Freres & Co. LLC.
Steven L. Rattner was
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), the deputy
chairman and deputy CEO for the Lazard Freres & Co. LLC and a
director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Louis W. Cabot is
an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and married
to Mabel Brandon Cabot.
Mabel Brandon
Cabot is married to Louis W. Cabot and Alexandra
Wentworth’s mother.
Alexandra
Wentworth is Mabel Brandon Cabot’s daughter, married
to George Stephanopoulos and a director at the Children's
Defense Fund.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Children's Defense Fund and the Brookings Institution (think
tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Bart Friedman is
a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a
senior partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel.
Ellen L.
Weintraub was an attorney at Cahill Gordon & Reindel and
is a commissioner for the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
Trevor Potter was
a chairman for the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and a
fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder
for the Brookings Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Susan E. Rice was
a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), is the
White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama
administration and married to Ian O. Cameron.
Ian O. Cameron is
married to Susan E. Rice and was an executive producer for This
Week with George Stephanopoulos.
George
Stephanopoulos is the anchor for This Week with George
Stephanopoulos, married to Alexandra Wentworth and was William
J. Clinton’s senior adviser.
William J. Clinton’s
senior adviser was George Stephanopoulos, is the founder for
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation and Chelsea
V. Clinton’s father.
Chelsea V. Clinton is
William J. Clinton’s daughter, the vice chair for the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation and a director at the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
IAC/InterActiveCorp was
a funder for the Daily Beast.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations and the was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Michael D. Eisner is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a director at
the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Julius
Genachowski is a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute (think
tank) and was the chief of business operations for the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
IAC/InterActiveCorp was
a funder for the Daily Beast.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Bill, Hillary &
Chelsea Clinton Foundation and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation,
a friend of Steven L. Rattner and an advocate for the ONE
Campaign.
Michelle Obama was
an advocate for the ONE Campaign and a lawyer at Sidley
Austin LLP.
International
Rescue Committee is a partner with the ONE Campaign.
Kati Marton is
an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and was the Bonn
bureau chief for the ABC News.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the International Rescue Committee.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Scott Pelley is
an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee and a correspondent for 60 Minutes.
Diane Sawyer was
a co-anchor for 60 Minutes, an anchor for the ABC News,
a co-anchor for the CBS Morning News and a director at
the Robin Hood Foundation.
Michael R.
Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, is
the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation, a friend of Steven
L. Rattner.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Robin Hood Foundation and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Michael D. Eisner is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a director at
the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
Julius
Genachowski is a senior fellow at the Aspen Institute (think
tank) and was the chief of business operations for the IAC/InterActiveCorp.
IAC/InterActiveCorp was
a funder for the Daily Beast.
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Madeleine K.
Albright was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank)
an advisory board member of the Truman National Security Project and
the president of the Center for National Policy.
R. Hunter Biden is
a director at the Truman National Security Project, a director at
the Center for National Policy and Joseph R. Biden
Jr’s son.
Kamala D. Harris is
an advisory board member for the Truman National Security Project an
advisory board member for the Center for National Policy and
vice president of the Joseph R. Biden Jr administration.
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Foundation, The Commercial Club of Chicago, The FCC & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on 60 Minutes & CBS
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Monday,
February 17, 2025
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March 24, 2022
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Thursday,
May 14, 2015
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Election
Panel Commissioner and Chair Says Trump Removed Her From Office (Connecting the
Dots: The Federal Election Commission (FEC), Ellen Weintraub, Cahill Gordon
& Reindel, The Brookings Institution (think tank), Covington & Burling
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