{"id":115632,"date":"2019-02-05T22:17:47","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T02:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=115632"},"modified":"2019-02-05T22:17:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T02:17:47","slug":"covington-catholic-students-were-set-up-legal-team-releases-evidence-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=115632","title":{"rendered":"Covington Catholic Students Were Set Up, Legal Team Releases Evidence (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>WATCH: Nick Sandmann\u2019s Lawyers Release Video of \u2018The Truth\u2019 About \u2018March for Life\u2019<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nick Sandmann: The Truth in 15 Minutes\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lSkpPaiUF8s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Katherine Rodriguez<br \/>\nBREITBART<\/p>\n<h2>Covington Catholic High School student Nick Sandmann\u2019s legal team released a 15-minute video on Friday exposing \u201cthe truth\u201d about what happened to him at January\u2019s March for Life.<\/h2>\n<p>Sandmann\u2019s lead attorney, nationally-recognized First Amendment expert L. Lin Wood, said in a\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LLinWood\/status\/1091739502387843073\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">tweet<\/a>\u00a0Saturday that the release of the full video was meant to show \u201cthe full truth\u201d of what happened to his client at the March for Life, combating many of the \u201cagenda-driven\u201d accusations and threats resulting from the piecemeal 30-second clips circulating the Internet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some say a 15-minute video is too long to go viral. Will we allow incomplete 30-second video clips to be basis for agenda-driven false accusations &amp; threats against a 16-year old student? Please share the full truth about what was done to Nick Sandmann. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QGglyZwiIa\">https:\/\/t.co\/QGglyZwiIa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lin Wood (@LLinWood) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LLinWood\/status\/1091739502387843073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"powr_1\" class=\"a8d padok\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"powr_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/player.powr.com\/iframe.html?account=100010177&amp;player=743&amp;domain=breitbart.com&amp;terms=nick%20video%20truth%20life%20lawyers%20release%20for%20watch&amp;uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2019%2F02%2F04%2Fwatch-nick-sandmanns-lawyers-release-video-of-the-truth-about-march-for-life%2F&amp;c=1549419069865\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The 15-minute\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lSkpPaiUF8s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">video<\/a>\u00a0montage placed all the 30-second video clips together in one timeline to combat some of the false narratives promoted by figures in the mainstream media, celebrities, politicians, and church leaders, and to show all of Sandmann\u2019s actions leading up to the confrontation with Native American activist Nathan Phillips.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo weeks ago, the mainstream media, politicians, church officials, commentators &amp; celebrities rushed to judgment to wrongfully condemn, threaten, disparage &amp; vilify Nick Sandmann based solely on a few seconds of an out-of-context video clip. It only takes 15 minutes to learn the truth,\u201d the YouTube video\u2019s description stated.<\/p>\n<p>Sandmann\u2019s legal team has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2019\/02\/03\/lawyers-catholic-student-nick-sandmann-prepare-sue-media-celebrities-libel\/\">preparing<\/a>\u00a0to send defamation suit warning letters to a laundry list of celebrities, individual journalists, media outlets, and several Catholic dioceses who falsely accused Sandmann and his classmates of harassing a Native American.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Cincinnati\u00a0Inquirer<\/em>\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cincinnati.com\/story\/news\/2019\/02\/01\/sandmanns-lawyer-media-they-know-they-crossed-line\/2745272002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">released<\/a>\u00a0the full list of people and organizations listed in the lawsuit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The<em>\u00a0Washington Post<\/em><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Cable News Network, Inc. (CNN)<\/li>\n<li>The<em>\u00a0Guardian<\/em><\/li>\n<li>National Public Radio<\/li>\n<li>TMZ<\/li>\n<li>Atlantic Media Inc.<\/li>\n<li>Capitol Hill Publishing Corp.<\/li>\n<li>Diocese of Covington<\/li>\n<li>Diocese of Lexington<\/li>\n<li>Archdiocese of Louisville<\/li>\n<li>Diocese of Baltimore<\/li>\n<li>Ana Cabrera<\/li>\n<li>Sara Sidner<\/li>\n<li>Erin Burnett<\/li>\n<li>S.E. Cupp<\/li>\n<li>Elliot C. McLaughlin<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Watts<\/li>\n<li>Emanuella Grinberg<\/li>\n<li>Michelle Boorstein<\/li>\n<li>Cleve R. Wootson Jr.<\/li>\n<li>Antonio Olivo<\/li>\n<li>Joe Heim<\/li>\n<li>Michael E. Miller<\/li>\n<li>Eli Rosenberg<\/li>\n<li>Isaac Stanley-Becker<\/li>\n<li>Kristine Phillips<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Mervosh<\/li>\n<li>Emily S. Rueb<\/li>\n<li>Maggie Haberman<\/li>\n<li>David Brooks<\/li>\n<li>Shannon Doyne<\/li>\n<li>Kurt Eichenwald<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Mitchell<\/li>\n<li>Savannah Guthrie<\/li>\n<li>Joy Reid<\/li>\n<li>Chuck Todd<\/li>\n<li>Noah Berlatsky<\/li>\n<li>Elisha Fieldstadt<\/li>\n<li>Eun Kyung Kim<\/li>\n<li>HBO<\/li>\n<li>Bill Maher<\/li>\n<li>Warner Media<\/li>\n<li>Cond\u00e9 Nast<\/li>\n<li>GQ<\/li>\n<li>Heavy.com<\/li>\n<li><em>The Hill<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The Atlantic<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Bustle<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ilhan Omar<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Warren<\/li>\n<li>Kathy Griffin<\/li>\n<li>Alyssa Milano<\/li>\n<li>Jim Carrey<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/02\/04\/watch-nick-sandmanns-lawyers-release-video-of-the-truth-about-march-for-life\/\">https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/02\/04\/watch-nick-sandmanns-lawyers-release-video-of-the-truth-about-march-for-life\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH: Nick Sandmann\u2019s Lawyers Release Video of \u2018The Truth\u2019 About \u2018March for Life\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}