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Not sure what everybody is getting so excited about. The pol who lost the election felt that his opponents had defamed or slandered him in their campaign.
Anybody can sue over defamation or slander.
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But the bar is exceedingly high regarding a public figure. The speaker or writer must make a factual statement which is false and defamatory and must know it is false or make it in reckless disregard of the truth. The core facts seem to be true (which is always a defense) and the rest simply opinions which are just that.
There's no way this bozo wins but it's just a shame the defendants are going to have pay to litigate this. That's the real danger in not getting an early dismissal --- legal costs can be the intimidat or and not the threat of an actual judgment.