Trump Threatens Lawsuit Over Report Disputing National Guard Crime Claims

Trump attacks a Center for American Progress researcher, Chandler Hall, and vows to sue over an analysis finding the National Guard had no impact on crime.

First Published: August 19, 2026, 2:52 AM ETUpdates (2): August 19, 2026, 2:52 AM ET

WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump attacked a researcher who told a Television audience that deploying the National Guard to U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C., had no impact on crime. Trump called the finding a scam and said a lawsuit is being drawn.

Here is the full post on truthsocial: “Chandler Hall, representing, on Television,the foolish Center for American Lack of Progress, stated that adding the National Guard to Cities, including our now Great Again, Washington, D.C., had “NO impact on Crime.” How crazy is that. Hall was met with furious dissent. The report is just another Radical Left SCAM, as are the people who fund this gaggle of Lunatics, including George Soros, Bill and Melinda Gates,Google,Apple Inc.,Visa Inc. Class A,Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,Citigroup Inc.,Wells Fargo & Com p any,Bank of America C orp,Walmart I nc.,Toyo Tanso Co., L td.,T-Mobile US, Inc., andNBC Unive rsal. Foreign support includes the Embassy of Ja pan,the Korea Founda t ion,Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Of fice(Taiwan), andthe Embassy of the United Arab Emir ates. The Dumocrats love it, and are against anything “TRUMP.” These people, and others like them, are so bad for our Country. Their stated course is anything to hate or demean “TRUMP.” This will be met with a lawsuit, which is being drawn now. I am also strongly considering adding some of the contributor s tothis Fake Organiza tion. Crime is way down since I took Office, and they know it. Liars, at this level, must be held accountable! Trump” on August 10, 2026 at 10:31 PM ET.

This is Trump’s 17th message released today, and the last post was 14 minutes ago, and it is not part of a thread. On average, Trump produces 18 posts per day since his inauguration on January 20, 2025. The move fits a broader pattern in Trump’s recent messaging, with 15 of his 453 posts over the last 30 days classified as Crime posts.

The name Chandler Hall attaches to several public figures. One Chandler Hall works as a graduate assistant women’s volleyball coach, according to statesmenathletics. A separate Chandler Hall spent more than 25 years building software and consulting businesses focused on supply chains and served as principal at chandlerhall llc, according to mucker.