Promise: Open up libel laws
Record date: January 14, 2021
Donald Trump promised to open up libel laws.
The commitment
Open up libel laws.
Published tracker status: Promise Broken
The tracker concluded that the promised outcome was not achieved.
PolitiFact’s update summarized the result this way: “Trump failed to ‘open up our libel laws’”
What would satisfy the promise?
The relevant test is the outcome described in the commitment—not merely an announcement, executive order, proposal or attempt. A final assessment should identify the action taken, whether it remained in force, who was affected and whether the promised result was delivered at the scale stated.
Why this belongs in the record
Campaign promises are forward-looking claims. Preserving the original commitment beside the later result makes it possible to distinguish action from completion and partial movement from the outcome voters were offered.
Source and attribution
This entry indexes an external promise rating published by PolitiFact. The status is attributed to that tracker and should be revisited if its underlying evidence changes. Read the complete source review.