slander

They’re slandering him by saying he assaulted agents because there was no assault,” he said.

Mr Berry and Mr Cash have previously denied the charges, and Beijing has called the allegations "malicious slander".

"His division has inspired generations of Democrats to slander their opponents as 'deplorables,' or 'fascists,' or 'Nazis.'"

“I slander no one, but shall speak the truth.”

The document was later ruled inadmissible at trial, but earlier this year, Italy’s highest court upheld Knox’s separate conviction for committing slander against Lumumba.