character assassination

It was a full-blooded attempt at character assassination, a branding of Rodgers as untrustful, a perpetrator of untruths, a spreader of falsehoods; divisive, misleading and unacceptable.

When stories like this come out in the news, it can become a character assassination.

Giunta said the release was part of “a highly coordinated year-long character assassination led by Gavin Wax and the New York City Young Republican Club,” though he acknowledged concerns about the content.

But while Knox’s character assassination dominated the news, Americans didn’t hear much about Guede.

“In contrast to the formalities of the Washington Football Team investigation, Defendants’ treatment of Gruden was a Soviet-style character assassination,” the lawsuit alleged.