Trump to Sue Think Tank Over National Guard Crime Report
Former president alleges 'Radical Left SCAM' after report questions impact of deployments on violent crime.
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Trump to Sue Think Tank Over National Guard Crime Report
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What this story says
- Donald Trump announced he will sue the Center for American Progress (CAP) over a report it published.
- The CAP report stated that National Guard deployments in US cities had no measurable impact on reducing violent crime.
- Trump called the report a 'Radical Left SCAM' and alleged it was funded by numerous organisations and foreign entities.
- CAP president Neera Tanden stated the organisation's work is based on rigorous, evidence-based research.
Who covered it
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Craft
57/100
Hype
68/100
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Thin on the left so far
None of the 6 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
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Donald Trump announced his intention to sue the Center for American Progress (CAP) following the publication of a report that questioned the effectiveness of National Guard deployments in US cities. The report, released in July, stated that these deployments had no measurable impact on reducing violent crime.
Trump responded to the report by calling it a 'Radical Left SCAM' and alleging it was funded by a range of organisations, including George Soros, Bill and Melinda Gates, Google, Apple, Visa, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Walmart, Toyota, T-Mobile, and NBC Universal. He also named the Embassy of Japan, the Korea Foundation, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (Taiwan), and the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates as foreign entities providing support. Trump stated that a lawsuit was being drawn up and that he was considering adding contributors to the organisation to the legal action.
In response to Trump's threat of legal action, Neera Tanden, president and CEO of CAP, stated that the organisation's work is based on 'rigorous, evidence-based research and analysis.' She called the threatened lawsuit 'baseless' and a 'transparent attempt to silence us.'
Disagreement on the report's findings
The Center for American Progress report, authored by Chandler Hall, claimed that National Guard deployments failed to reduce violent crime despite claims of success. The report stated that the trend of declining crime began before the Trump administration took office and that Trump's policies were 'extreme.' Hall also described Trump's first National Guard deployment in Los Angeles as a 'road map for subsequent authoritarian power grabs.' Trump, however, asserted that crime was 'way down' since he took office and that the report's authors were 'Liars.'
What the coverage left out
None of the reports printed below mention the specific July date the Center for American Progress report was released. The digests from capitalisminstitute.org, American Faith, Agenparl, anews.com.tr, and Breitbart do not include direct quotes from the CAP report or its author, Chandler Hall, beyond the central claim about National Guard deployments. The full reports from The Gateway Pundit and Anadolu Ajansı include more extensive quotes from Trump and Neera Tanden, but the specific details of the CAP report's methodology or data analysis are not elaborated upon in any of the provided coverage.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 3 times, most recently on 7 Sept 2026, 22:45, and will add the sides that appear.
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Trump to Sue Think Tank Over National Guard Crime Report
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How each side covered it
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Right
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- Right-rated reports focused on Donald Trump's announcement of a lawsuit against the Center for American Progress. The Gateway Pundit and Anadolu Ajansı reported Trump's statement that he would sue the think tank over its report. Breitbart and American Faith highlighted the report's alleged funding by George Soros and described CAP as a 'left-wing' or 'Soros-linked' organisation. Capitalisminstitute.org mentioned a threat of a '$5 billion lawsuit' and that the organisation was refusing to back down. All right-rated reports included Trump's characterisation of the report as a 'Radical Left SCAM' and his assertion that crime had decreased during his presidency.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Trump to Sue Think Tank Over National Guard Crime Report?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 0% are rated centre, 100% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 7. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Trump to Sue Think Tank Over National Guard Crime Report left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Trump to Sue Think Tank Over National Guard Crime Report biased?
- Trump to Sue Think Tank Over National Guard Crime Report is one event reported by 7 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting Trump to Sue Think Tank Over National Guard Crime Report?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered Trump to Sue Think Tank Over National Guard Crime Report?
- 7 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What is the Center for American Progress report about?
- The Center for American Progress published a report stating that National Guard deployments in US cities had no measurable impact on reducing violent crime. The report also claimed that crime declines began before the Trump administration took office and that Trump's policies were 'extreme.'
- What was Donald Trump's reaction to the report?
- Donald Trump called the report a 'Radical Left SCAM' and announced his intention to sue the Center for American Progress. He alleged the report was funded by various organisations and foreign entities and asserted that crime had decreased significantly during his presidency.
- Did the Center for American Progress respond to the lawsuit threat?
- Yes, Neera Tanden, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, stated that the organisation's work is based on 'rigorous, evidence-based research and analysis.' She called the threatened lawsuit 'baseless' and a 'transparent attempt to silence us.'
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6- Trump Threatens $5B Lawsuit Over National Guard Report (opens capitalisminstitute.org in a new tab)
capitalisminstitute.org — is capitalisminstitute.org biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump Announces Lawsuit Against Soros-Linked Organization (opens American Faith in a new tab)
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- Trump Goes Off Following Liberal Think Tank’s Report that DC National Guard Deployment Did Not Curb Crime, Says Lawsuit Already in the Works * The Gateway Pundit * by Jordan Conradson (opens The Gateway Pundit in a new tab)
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- Trump says he will sue think tank over report questioning impact of his policies on curbing crime (opens anews.com.tr in a new tab)
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- Trump Announces Lawsuit Against George Soros-Funded Center for American Progress Over Claim National Guard Had No Impact on Crime (opens Breitbart in a new tab)
- Trump says he will sue think tank over report questioning impact of his policies on curbing crime (opens Anadolu Ajansı in a new tab)
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