Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown (D) isn’t ruling out authorized motion towards Donald Trump on Saturday after the GOP presidential nominee shared a bonkers story that concerned him and Brown experiencing a near-helicopter crash.
Brown — who Trump named within the wild story at a rambling press convention earlier this month — has disputed the previous president’s claims that he joined him in a helicopter and denied that he informed Trump “terrible things” about Vice President Kamala Harris, who he dated within the mid-Nineteen Nineties.
“If he keeps it up, at some point, I’m going to give him a taste of his own conduct,” Brown informed CBS Information, including that “somebody has got to make sure” Trump “stops lying.”
The previous San Francisco mayor later pointed to Trump telling The New York Instances’ Maggie Haberman that he was “probably going to sue” the paper over its protection of the story.
The Instances reported that the previous president, throughout his telephone name with Haberman, “vehemently maintained” that he was within the helicopter with Brown once they skilled an emergency touchdown regardless of the previous San Francisco mayor’s denial.
“If he sues The New York Times for printing that I said he lied, I’m going to sue him,” Brown informed CBS Information.
Joseph Cotchett, Brown’s legal professional, mentioned that Brown isn’t the kind of particular person to convey a lawsuit, based on San Francisco’s KRON-TV.
“He’s a reputable guy who’s never brought a lawsuit in his life, but you know who’s pushing him to do it? A guy named Trump,” Cotchett mentioned.
HuffPost has reached out to the Trump marketing campaign, which was not instantly accessible for remark.
The replace from Brown comes after Nate Holden, a former Los Angeles Metropolis Council member who served as a California state senator, informed Politico that he believed Trump confused him with the previous San Francisco mayor within the story.
The previous president hasn’t shared the helicopter story since Politico dropped the story on Holden.
Holden, in a telephone name with the New York Instances on Saturday, mentioned Trump needs to be “held accountable” if he’s “propagating a lie.”
“I’m 95 years old, and Willie is 90, and he made the assumption we wouldn’t be here anymore, and nobody would challenge it,” Holden mentioned.
“Well, we’re alive and well.”
Brown acknowledged that it’d “be bad” for his status if he was on a chopper with the previous president.
“That’s a bad place to be, particularly with a guy who’s been convicted 34 times,” Brown mentioned.
“No one knows why he chose a helicopter — it was the most unexpected place to put me.”
