The facts
1789 Capital, a venture capital firm with Donald Trump Jr. as a partner, is consulting attorneys regarding potential legal action against ABC News and its parent company, Disney. The firm alleges that ABC News published a 'botched report' and a 'hit job' that contained false information about the Trump family. Alexa Henning, a spokesperson for 1789 Capital, stated that their attorneys are actively involved and legal options are being considered. This action follows ABC News' decision to delete an initial report that claimed companies connected to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump had secured billions in government contracts, including through 1789 Capital. The original article suggested 1789 Capital acquired a major stake in Anduril Industries through a $2.5 billion investment, which ABC News later revised to clarify that the figure represented Anduril's broader fundraising round, not 1789 Capital's investment. The revised report, republished days later, acknowledged errors concerning investments, government contracts, and event chronology, and clarified Trump Jr.'s role. Henning criticized the revised story for not adequately explaining the errors or apologizing to 1789 Capital, stating that the network's initial report was 'just false on the facts.' Senator Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, has called for an FCC investigation into the matter.
Our take
Oh, for fuck's sake. The most notoriously fact-averse political dynasty on the planet has discovered journalistic error, and their delicate fucking feelings are hurt. 1789 Capital - a firm whose primary asset is having Donald Trump Jr.'s name on the letterhead like a golden retriever's paw print - is now 'consulting attorneys' because ABC News wrote a story that was wrong and then fixed it. Their spokesperson, Alexa Henning, is crying that the initial report was a 'hit job' and 'just false on the facts,' and that the subsequent correction wasn't accompanied by a full-page apology in the Times. You fragile, pathetic cunts. The 'hit job' in question was ABC claiming the firm made a single $2.5 billion investment. The reality, which they later printed, is that the $2.5 billion was the total fundraising round for a company called Anduril. So the grand conspiracy was a reporter who can't read a fucking balance sheet. This isn't Woodward and Bernstein; it's a copy editor having a bad day. For a family that has built an entire empire on shrieking 'fake news' at any report containing a syllable they dislike, their sudden, pearl-clutching reverence for factual purity is the most hilarious bullshit ever conceived. They're not outraged by the mistake. They're outraged that the retraction didn't arrive on a velvet pillow, carried by a choir of angels singing 'Hail to the Grift.' The real joke here is the price tag on their vanity. These are the same people who treat truth like a buffet - taking what they want and leaving the rest - but when a network accidentally serves them a plate of their own slop, they threaten to sue Disney. Go ahead, you litigious dickheads. Nothing would be more entertaining than the discovery process, where the world gets to see exactly what 'partner' Donald Trump Jr. does for this firm besides pose for photos and cash checks. And now Senator Bernie Moreno is barking for an FCC investigation? Perfect. Because the party of 'small government' always believes the solution to a clerical error is a federal inquisition. It's the same old shit: play the victim, scream persecution, and hope your followers are too stupid to notice you're just a bunch of rich pricks who can't handle the faintest echo of your own relentless dishonesty. File the lawsuit, you cowardly bastards. We'll bring the popcorn.
