Former-Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard has dropped her defamation lawsuit against Hillary Clinton, saying that defeating the CCP virus pandemic and President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election are more important.
“She is a favorite of the Russians. They have a bunch of sites and bots and other ways of supporting her so far. That’s assuming Jill Stein will give it up, which she might not because she is also a Russian asset,” Clinton said, without referring to Gabbard by name.
“They know they can’t win without a third-party candidate, and so I do not know who it’s going to be, but I can guarantee you, they will have a vigorous third-party challenge in the key states that they most need it.”
In the suit, Gabbard accused Clinton as being a “cutthroat politician” who was holding a grudge against Gabbard for supporting Clinton’s then-opponent in the Democratic presidential primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
“Tulsi is not a Russian asset. No one—Russia or anyone else—controls her or her presidential campaign. Instead, Tulsi is a loyal American servant, declaring her allegiance to the United States of America both as a soldier and as a member of Congress,” the lawsuit stated.
Her suit also claimed that Clinton made the comments with “obvious malicious intent,” causing harm to Gabbard’s campaign “and American democracy as well.” Gabbard “seeks to hold Clinton, and the political elites who enable her, accountable for distorting the truth in the middle of a critical Presidential election,” according to the filing.
