Clinton suggested that President Donald Trump's campaign would try to deflect votes from the eventual Democratic nominee toward that third-party candidate.
Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends an event in New York, April 6, 2017.
| Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard attends an event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 17, 2019.
Also in November, Gabbard's legal counsel released a statement calling on Clinton to hold a press conference to "verbally retract—in full—your comments.
Shortly after her endorsement the lawsuit claims “Clinton’s agents emailed Tulsi to tell her that the Clinton team “no longer trust[s] [Tulsi’s] judgment,” and Tulsi was told that the Clinton team would never forget this.”.
“To prevail in her defamation claim, Rep. Gabbard has to prove that Secretary Clinton made a false statement of fact.
Pyle also noted that Gabbard responded to Clinton's comments by calling her the “embodiment of corruption.”. " »