Donald Trump is threatening to sue the New York Times for saying he has had inappropriate sexual grabby stuff.

Some states (not Texas) have SLAPP suits, where you can sue someone to make them not say something that they haven’t said yet.  Weird, right?  Here’s the fine print: A SLAPP suit is one “intended to censor, intimidate, and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of a legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition.”

So, he wants to subvert the First Amendment.  That’s a nice way to start the day.

However, if Trump does sue, that means there will be loads of “discovery motions,” meaning that he will have to produce all those tapes from the Apprentice, which is exactly what he’s trying to avoid.

And there’s one more trick to all this. You can’t sue somebody for saying the same thing you are saying about yourself – even if what you are saying about yourself is untrue.

Let’s pretend that I announced that I’m a thief, even if I have never stolen anything.  Then you claim I’m a thief.  I can’t sue you.

Whatever Donald is paying his lawyers, it’s too much.