The suit alleges that The Post “targeted and bullied” 16-year-old Nicholas Sandmann in order to embarrass President Donald Trump. News accounts, including in The Post, and videos of their encounter sparked a heated national debate over the behaviour of the participants. In a morning tweet Wednesday, Trump voiced support for the lawsuit, quoting a line from the complaint and writing: “Go get them Nick. The high school group began a series of school sports chants in response, the complaint said. He was chanting and beating a small drum when he came face to face with Sandmann.

Source: National Post February 20, 2019 16:30 UTC