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October 26, 2022 
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Walker Still Hasn’t Filed Defamation Suit Following Report He Paid For A Former Girlfriend’s Abortion

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: “There Have Also Been Repeated Reports Of His Inability To Navigate Around The Truth — About His Business Record, His Ties To Law Enforcement And His Family.”

Atlanta, GA – Twenty-three days after threatening to file a defamation suit in the wake of a report he paid for a former girlfriend’s abortion, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Walker still hasn’t done so. 

The latest report adds to the long list of Walker’s false claims and questions about his candidacy – including about his business record, his academic record, his record “working for law enforcement” and more.

Read more here and below:

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Herschel Walker and the defamation suit that will never come

By Bill Torpy — October 26, 2022

Key Points

• Tuesday was Day 22 of Herschel Walker failing to file a defamation suit against those who besmirched his reputation and presented him as an aider and abettor of abortion.

• On Oct. 3, the Daily Beast published a devastating article headlined, “‘Pro-Life’ Herschel Walker Paid for Girlfriend’s Abortion.” The headline put quotes around Pro-Life to underline the implicit hypocrisy.

• “I’m not taking this anymore,” Walker tweeted, adding he planned “to sue the Daily Beast for this defamatory lie. It will be filed tomorrow morning.”

• Tomorrow came and went. No lawsuit.

• But he did go on Fox News to complain about the allegations’ anonymous nature, calling them “lies.” This came even after his son Christian, a MAGA man himself, told his dad in a video posted on Twitter to stop “lying and making a mockery of us.” He even accused his dad of threats and family violence which, by then, had become old hat for much of Walker’s following.

• Undeterred by Walker’s legal threat, the Daily Beast carried another story saying the unnamed woman who had the abortion later bore one of his children. 

• …the truth is almost always a defense in libel and defamation suits. That means that Herschel would be subject to some harsh questioning in pre-trial depositions from some very unfriendly attorneys. Under oath.

• The Daily Beast reported the woman had a signed personal check from Walker for $700, a receipt from the abortion clinic for $575 and a “get well” card with the future candidate’s signature.

• “I’d say this is not a case anyone would want,” Counts concluded.

• The fact that his stump statements often read like a bowl of alphabet soup has been waved off. There have also been repeated reports of his inability to navigate around the truth — about his business record, his ties to law enforcement and his family.
  

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