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There is an increasingly common strategy by billionaires to weaponize libel law against journalism — and in the Donald Trump era, we can expect the legal attacks on the free press to rise.




In 2020, The Intercept published an investigative report on Erik Prince, the billionaire founder of the private security firm Blackwater.

As a result, Erik Prince sued us.

The lawsuit was eventually thrown out, but the yearslong legal battle cost The Intercept more than $200,000 in legal fees.

There is an increasingly common strategy by billionaires to weaponize libel law against journalism — and in the Donald Trump era, we can expect the legal attacks on the free press to rise.

Now let’s be clear: The Intercept is not about to let Erik Prince, Elon Musk, or any other litigious billionaire dictate what we cover.

But we rely on reader donations to help make everything we do possible, and next Tuesday is Giving Tuesday, one of the most important fundraising days of the entire year. To continue providing the hard-hitting investigative journalism you count on us for, we need to raise $225,000 during our Giving Tuesday fundraising drive.

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