@DefenseBaron I can't believe I'm asking this, but it's 2017…is this real?
— BenJacobs'Glasses (@HappyHappyBeans) May 25, 2017
Earlier today, cartoonist Berkeley Breathed posted a photo of a letter he claims he received from Donald Trump’s attorney:
Trump sicced lawyers on Bloom County creator Berkeley Breathed. ?? —Really. #FreeSpeech #OpusandBill #BloomCounty https://t.co/JaTKJeSKwM pic.twitter.com/cQuKAvFsOD
— Rebecca I. Allen (@rebeccaallen) May 25, 2017
"Bloom County" cartoonist receives threatening letter from @realDonaldTrump lawyer. https://t.co/GVGPfiovYF pic.twitter.com/rBCPmFhHkM
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) May 25, 2017
Trump threatens Opus! Bloom County, y'all. Berkeley Breathed just shared Trump attorney's letter on his FB page: https://t.co/cvzUULjLlE pic.twitter.com/hgYRdyBEfL
— Kevin Baron (@DefenseBaron) May 25, 2017
Sounds pretty crazy, right? It didn’t take long for the letter to spread on social media.
Trump’s private lawyers have threatened cartoonist Berkeley Breathed for including Trump in his images. https://t.co/JJRMtMjSHm
— Maryn McKenna (@marynmck) May 25, 2017
Oh my. Trump's lawyers are threatening to sue Bloom County's Berkeley Breathed for using his likeness in merchandise advertising. https://t.co/sPP2IC5iPx
— Jim Griffith (@JimGriffith_SV) May 25, 2017
@DefenseBaron Let 'em sue. Discovery on damages will be a blast!
— JDN (@thereisnorule6) May 25, 2017
Are you kidding Mr. President? Is Graydon Carter's small hands rebuttal coming next? #BerkeleyBreathed @VanityFair https://t.co/c0U7XUP5uI
— Teresa Wolk Hayes (@numberonehen) May 25, 2017
@W7VOA @realDonaldTrump Fascism comes at you fast!! #NOFASCISTUSA
— Jennifer Heelan ? (@jlheelan) May 25, 2017
… Then they came for the cartoonists… #BerkeleyBreathed #freeBloomCounty https://t.co/MMS9pBpzRP
— WeSeeTheGOP (@tmderrickson) May 25, 2017
@W7VOA @realDonaldTrump This is how it starts. Threats. Censorship. Soon, we will only have Breitbart and Fox for our news, strictly regulated by tRump. @th3j35t3r
— DJ (@djkajibee) May 25, 2017
@DefenseBaron @aexia This is the most anti-American thing Cheeto has done yet, and that's saying something because he's a Russian puppet.
— Wide Light (@WideLightImages) May 25, 2017
Yeah … but is it legit?
@DefenseBaron this is real?
— shrek (@quackersp) May 25, 2017
I can't tell if that letter from Trump's lawyer to Berkeley Breathed is real or not.
— The Web's Sam Grady (@TheSamGrady) May 25, 2017
@DefenseBaron Is this a joke? Can't tell any more.
— Elizabeth Rodriguez (@LibbyBlog) May 25, 2017
@EsotericCD @NathanWurtzel This, which we've determined is almost certainly not real. My health won't allow it. https://t.co/tPNJ0s6mPW
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 25, 2017
Good news for your health, Noah. All signs point to this being fake:
@NoahCRothman @DefenseBaron Kasowitz letterhead from last year below. They did lose one name partner since, but I doubt the redesign was so radical. pic.twitter.com/IBzDLqWpYj
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 25, 2017
This too-good-to-check letter floating around the interwebs is in fact fake, Kasowitz tells me https://t.co/SnLAr3L55s pic.twitter.com/VxoKoqpOCg
— Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) May 25, 2017
Trump lawyer Marc Kasowitz to us via email, on this Berkeley Breathed post: "This is a fraud, not true." https://t.co/QeiUiodNjL pic.twitter.com/lCwlf4Y0Bt
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) May 25, 2017
Guys the Kasowitz spokeswoman just got back to me to confirm the letter is fake. I'm definitely the first to tweet this and not 30 late
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) May 25, 2017
OK, then. Everybody can relax.
Yeah, this makes it seem less real. Thank God. https://t.co/QzbX7Ffkju
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) May 25, 2017
Oh well. At least the damage has been done, right? And that’s the important thing.
More than 10K people had shared this (now confirmed to be fake) letter purporting to be from Trump's lawyer —> https://t.co/XIuEdYD4xh
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) May 25, 2017
