This is Brian Lair's Daily Politics podcast from WNYC Studios.

It's Friday, September 19th.

I'm Tiffany Hanson, filling in for Brian today.

Well, it's been a busy week for anybody following the high-profile,

politically charged legal battles that are playing out across the country just to name one.

On Monday, President Trump filed a civil lawsuit against the New York Times, four of its reporters,

and Penguin Random House. That case centers around statements regarding the president's business

acumen. He alleges that those statements were made in an attempt to sink his 2024 campaign.

For that, he's asking for $15 billion. We'll talk about that lawsuit specifically, as well as

some of the other legal news of the week, which includes, as everyone is

talking about this morning, the suspension of late night host Jimmy Kimmel, with Ellie Honig.

He's a legal analyst for CNN and a former federal prosecutor, and by the way, an author of a new

book titled When You Come at the King, Inside the DOJ's Pursuit of the President

from Nixon until Trump. We'll talk about that book too, of course. Welcome back to the show,

Ellie. Tiffany, thanks for having me. A perfect morning to join you. Ellie, I think we're going to have to

start with Kimmel. It's what everybody is talking about. On his way back from the UK, he was there for a

visit. President Trump said that TV networks, and I'm paraphrasing here, should have their license

taken away for not supporting him. This statement comes on the heels of the indefinite suspension

of late-night talk show host Kimmy Himmel, Kimmel.

Jimmy Kimmel for comments he made, hey, he's a comedian. He would appreciate that, right?

Jimmy Kimmel for comments he made following the murder of Charlie Kirk. It brings to mind

another defamation lawsuit that was settled in 2024 with ABC,

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