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REIFF,
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&LMm,P.C..
June
202011
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OvernightCourier
D
i<lIJJ1e.
Brandi,Esq.
ExecutiveVicePresidem--Legal&BusinessAffairsFOXNewsNetwork,LLC
12'11Avenue
.of'tneADJericas-:-----o2'd
Floor
NewYorkNY10036
Re:
.StatementsMadeon.FOXNewsNetworkRegardingVanJones
DearM.s.Brandi:
I
am
writing
onbehalf'efourclientMLVanJones.Mr.
Jones
iscurrently.aSeniorFellowatthe
CenterFor
American
Progress
andholdsajointappointment
atPrineetonUniversity,'asa.
distiaguished
visiting
fellowin
the
Ce;n.te,r
forAfrLc:an
AmericanStudies.and
hithe
PriJgrmn
in
Science,Technologyand
E.1wiro:rinIl¢nt.aI
:i;lt)licy
at
theWoodrow
Wit
00
School
6]~
Public.and
International
Affairs.
fornearlytwoyearsonprogramsbroadcastonand
by
theFoxNewsNetwork,
'1
seriesofsensational
andinflamsnatcry
chargeshave
been
made.
against
Mr.
~J
~D,e9.IE~dh
ofthesestatementsisdemonstrablyunequivocally
and
absolutely
f-alse,
andeach
is
clearlydefamatory.assetforth
below.
(1)
"Jones
is
a
Communist';/"revQI'utionary"I"Marxist"
On
theGlennBeckshowbroadcastby.F(0XNewsNetworkenJune13,.2011,GlennBeckealledMr.
JOI.1eS
an"unrepentantcomrnunisf"anda"radicalrevolutioaary"whoapparentlyoppose,theAmerican
Dream
and.capitalism.
Onthe
SeanHannitySbpw
broadeast
011
FOXNews
Network
on.
April
26,2011"
Mr.
I~IaJ].Jjjty
·S"tated:'You
'lie:
friends
'with
\Tan
Jones,an
avowed
CGHllIll'lll1:iit
<1ind9tlltnuther
you're
friendswithhim'?"
OnMarch3,201
J.
Mr.
BeckstatedonhisFOX
News
.program,
'By
newon
this
program,
youhave
C"0me
to
know
VanJones
asa
racialrevolutionaries,aeommunist,.
1025
VERMONTAVENUB,
N.W:,
SUITE
3.00"
WASHIN"GTON,
DC'20005·TEL:(102)
479-1Ill·
PAX:
(202)479-1115
iJ:I.-..e."
DianneBrandi,Esq.June20.
20'~
1
Pag~2
QIl
lVlay1'9,201'0Bill
Reilly
stated
allhisprogram,
TLle.
O'Reilly
Factor;on
FoxN
ews,
«AndVanJoneshadtoresign
because
he
was
i
farleft
kook,CdriliJ;lvtfts:t
guy."
'Onhis
.FOX
Newsprogram'onPebruary28)
2011,
Mil.Beck
staredofMr.Jones.'Van
j
ones,,Donotdismissihisman..;.He'salsoanunrepentantcommunist
revolutionm-y"
On
November18,.;2'010,
Mr.
Beckstated
011
Ibis
Fox
NEWSprogram,
aboutMr.Jones,"Youwatch
tlcisguy,
This
:g!L).y,is
trouble.Heisdangerous.He
isa
ccmmunist..,,"Mr.Jones'isnotamemberof
any
CommunistPanty'or
Marxist
organization
whatsoeverandhas.notexpressed
.ally
support
tot
~ny
focm
ofCorumunister
Mar;.;ist
ideologyformany-years.
u~
besame
2005attlcle
in
which'heMr.Jones-discussed
havingbadsuch
OQtrQO$
'asayoungman,healsotalkedabouthisgrowthawayfromthoseviews..
Mr.
Jones
hasrepeatedly
clari'fted
that
hiseconomic
viewsate
ID-1iJ.'ily
pro-market
inlj;'i1fnergu,
speeches,televised
interviews
ana
intheHuffingtonPost.InfactMr.Jones
islmOWI}
asaleadingchampionoffreemarket
solutions
to
current
environmentalproblems..Hisbest-sellingbook;
TrIEGR:EBN-CotLAR
E'C.ONOMY
(2Q09)!advocatesgovermnentpolicies.to
promote
privatesectorinnovation.
The
World
Economic
Forumrtselfhasrepeatedlyhonored
Mr.Jones
work.
He
hasbeen¢alleg
tb:e
"green"JackKemp,
be
ause'hesharesthelateGOP
,leader'scommitment
toentrepreneurshipasacurefor
poverty.
The
allegationsthat
Mr.
Jones
is
an
"unrepentantcommunist,''is
a
Communist,
,is,aCommuni
't
guy'and
is
a"revolutionary"
are
tbusdenronstrably
andunequivocallyfalse,Clearly
~h¢,$estateti:l.eors
werecalculated
.to;
anddo,injureMr.Jones
in:
his
PNte'ss.iol1alurrdcemmunity
standingand
lowerhimin
theestimationofthe
American
pLlbli
c.Tlreyareactionable.asamatterof
1m"v.
(~)'''Jones'IsviQlet!t"
I~.
penttime
in
jail
Mr.Beckandother
ccmmentators
enFOXNews
Network
haverepeatedlymade,statementsimplyingthatMr.
Jones
1S
violent
and/or
is
11
criminal.dn
his
,program
on
March
3',.
201.1,
Mr.
Beck
referred
to
Mr.
Jonesas
"at
guy
whocalledforradicalisrn.and
violenceonthe
streets...
ij
OnMarchZ,2011,
onihis
FOX
News
program,
Mr.
Beckadmitted'he
was
mistakenwhen
he
called
Mr.
Jone
a
convicted
felon,but
stated,
"He
wa_-he
just
spent
sometUue
'in
jail,
0'1'
hewasarrested,'
OnhisFOXNewsprogramonFebruary28}2011,Mr.Beekreferredtoanarchists
engaged
in
violence.
"They.
Lashwith
police
throwing
rocks
and
bottles
at
tlIeQjJ.nd
DianneBrandiEsq.
June
20,.2011
Pag¢
3
smashingcruisers..;.Weare'anarchists....Youwillfindthesamekind
ofs'edtiment
with
thepeoplelike
Van
Jones,theM.arxis.ts,thecommunists,theanarchists,
the
Is.lami.$ifs·......
[T]1:ley
all
want
:thesfi!11e
thing,"Mr.Joneshasneverbeenconvicted
'Of
anycrime,ever.Hedoesnot
advocate
violenceofanyform"Orkind.Hewasnot
present
in
Los
Angelesduring,!;l)e'Rodney
King'riots.endhe
ha,snever
played
any
role;
in
?ihy
riot..
In
Mayof
1992,
Mr.Joneswasdetained
by
theSanFranciscoPolice
Department
forseveralhoursalongwiththousandsofprotesters
who
hadparticipatedinapeaceful
demonstration.Mr.Jonesa
student
atYale,LawSch601at
the
time,
badbeenservingas
a.
legal
111
onitor
of,the
march.
Mr.
Jones
later
brQugh1i.
aliactionfor
ral$e:at)"e,st
'aw~
imprisonment,andjudgmentwasentered
,u;llJiS
faor.Thestatementsthat
1/Ii'.
Jonesisviolentand
has.
"spenttimeinjail'are
absolutely
falseareinherentlydefamatory
2L1t1d
areactionableasa
,liQatter
oflaw.
(3)
'JQilC.$
is
a
9/11
truther'
OnMarch21
201L]vIr.
BeckstatedonbisFOXNews
Ne'tw6rk
show
that)
"'[Y10U
]<IDQW
because
they
didn'tknow
Van
Joneswas
a
9/11truther,
you
knew?
I
means,shouldweexpect:the
waite
Houseto:distancehimself....
Maybe
we
should
tell
him
h@
5
a
9ftl
truther.'
01'1I\:p:d126
j
2011
,l\1i\
Hannitystated,
0n1'118
FOXNews
Network
show,"You're
friendswithVanJonesan
avowed
Communist
and
91'11
truther,
yOU
'refriends
with
boo.?"
011April7,2011Mr.Beckstatedonhisprogram
on
FOXNews"Don'tworry
aboutVan
JOlT€S
andthe
'9111
trutherin:tbe'
Wbit·e
HOllse.
He's
not
there.'
IFroJlJ
Match
1.,
20
I0,throughtoday,theFQXNewswebsitehaspostedaarticle
by:Mi.
Beck,entitled
"'We
LoveYoutoo,VanJones",in-whichMr.BeckstatesthatMr.Jones'was
la
91'11
Tru.ther;listed
'as:
a:
signereftlre9/1~Truth
COIDmissi0L1petition
that
caned,for
aninquiry
h:}ltoevidencegovemmentofficialswere
involved
in
theSept,
11
attacks,•http://wwvvJoxl.ews+c6~/tnrv/O..
?91J.58770:5;OO.bln.il.
Mr.Jones
hasneveradvocatedorexpressedsupportforany
tlreory
thatthe9/'11terroristattackwastire
result
of-a
conspiracy
involving
the·U.S,Government.
.Sixyears,
ago,
agroup
espousing
such
views,
and
claimingto
represent
.9/11
fbtttillJe$.claimedthat
Mr.
[TOueS
supported
a.statement,
thcO'91~.
Truth
'Statement"
expressing.such
views.
TJioat.
gtOl.lp
"911truth.org"baa.since
adnutted.
that"wedo'nothave;awrittensignature
andhis.
[Jones']viewisthat
bedoe.s
notagree
with
thestatement'(911Truth.orgStatement,
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