So much for the Defense Production Act

| 9:07 pm EDT March 27, 2020
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Earlier today Donald Trump tweeted his frustrations with General Motors’ unwillingness to manufacture emergency ventilators, then added “Invoke P” in apparent reference to the Defense Production Act. Major news outlets later reported that Trump had indeed signed the DPA into effect against General Motors. But now it turns out that’s not really the case.

Georgetown Law Professor Marty Lederman clarified that what Donald Trump signed today doesn’t necessarily change anything:

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In other words, it looks like Donald Trump was lying when he claimed that he invoked the Defense Production Act today. Then again, that’s to be expected from a pathological liar like Trump – particularly when he’s reduced to tweeting things as nonsensical as “”Invoke P.”

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