CNN may have violated Georgia state law by blackmailing the Reddit user who may or may not have been the creator of the Trump-CNN meme. Ted Cruz brings up interesting points in his tweets and about how CNN (based in Atlanta) may have violated the state’s law.
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(1/3) Another relevant crim law: NY § 135.60: "A person is guilty of coercion in the second degree when he…induces a person…" https://t.co/ChxqocuDgc
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 5, 2017
(2/3) "to abstain from engaging in conduct in which he…has a legal right to engage…by means of instilling…a fear…the actor will…" https://t.co/ChxqocuDgc
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 5, 2017
(3/3)"Expose a secret or publicize an asserted fact, whether true or false, tending to subject some person to hatred, contempt or ridicule." https://t.co/ChxqocuDgc
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) July 5, 2017