[Ads-l] Again: "fact" = claim; assertion

[Jonathan Lighter]

Donald J. Trump on Truth Social:

“I have been unfairly sued by the Trump Hating Democrat Attorney General of
New York State, Letitia James, over the false fact that I inflated my
Financial Statements in order to borrow money from Banks, etc,”

Clearly "idea, claim, or allegation."

JL

On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 5:58 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Four young women have been found murdered in Atlantic City. On Court
> TV this evening, Catherine Crier asked the father of one of the victims
> what he thought of reports that the women were "fprostitutes."  The father
> responded by saying,
>
> "If there is any truth to that fact it has nothing to with my daughter."
>
> This seems to me to be another example of this usage, whose existence has
> been questioned here.
>
> JL
>
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