Neera Tanden

“This threatened lawsuit’s attack on facts and evidence is baseless. A fundamental protection of the First Amendment is to allow for the publication of facts and analysis that are contrary to the arguments and claims of any administration. A lawsuit is a transparent attempt to silence us. We will neither cower nor bend in the face of it.”

Neera Tanden · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21

Neera Tanden stated that the threatened lawsuit by Donald Trump is an attempt to silence the organization.

“Based on analysis of crime data, our report demonstrated facts about the National Guard deployments that are inconvenient to the Trump administration,”

Neera Tanden · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21

Neera Tanden defended the Center for American Progress's report analyzing the effectiveness of National Guard deployments.