Can I sue for FBI for Slandering Me and Blackballing Me With Employers and Landlords?

Full question:

Not that I really even have to ask this question but this is my question. Is there any reason that you can think of why law enforcement, the FBI, or any other citizen for that matter, would be allowed to violate the 14th amendment, or any amendment, of my civil rights as guaranteed by the constitution by doing any of the following if I have never been charged with a crime?(1)FBI, or other, calling my bankruptcy attorney and asking them not to allow me my right to file for bankruptcy or interfere with that rightby asking the attorney not to let me file for bankruptcy after the attorney said that they would represent me in filing my claim with the court?(2)FBI, or other, calling a potential landlord and asking them not to rent me an apartment, or a room in their house, based on anything that the FBI told the landlord? (3)FBI, or other, calling an employer that expressed an interest in hiring me for a job and asking them not to hire me for a job for whatever reason and being denied the job as a result? According to hand in hand, wouldn___t it be illegal for two or more people to engage in an act that would deny me the above rights that are guaranteed to every other Citizen of the United States of America? If a landlord chose not to rent me an apartment, or an employer not hire me for a job, or a bankruptcy attorney not to represent me in filing simply because the FBI asked them not to, would they not also be equally guilty of committing a crime in the same way that the FBI would be?Like I said, I don't think I even need to ask, but, is there any reason that you can think of why the FBI would ever be authorized to interfere with my civil rights that every other citizen is free to enjoy if I NEVER HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME? Thanks

• Category: Civil Rights
• Subcategory: Free Speech
• Date: 04/07/2025
• State: Pennsylvania

Answer:

The answer will depend on the facts and circumstances involved, such as whether the writing is true or not. Defamation is an act of communication that causes someone to be shamed, ridiculed, held in contempt, lowered in the estimation of the community, or to lose employment status or earnings or otherwise suffer a damaged reputation. The law of defamation protects a person's reputation and good name against communications that are false and derogatory. Defamation consists of both libel and slander. Libel is any defamation that can be seen, most typically in writing. Slander is an oral defamatory communication. Specific requirements that a plaintiff must prove in order to recover in a defamation action differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Generally, the plaintiff must prove that the defendant made a false and defamatory statement concerning the plaintiff, that the defendant made an unprivileged publication to a third party, and that the publisher acted at least negligently in publishing the communication. A plaintiff may also be required to prove special damages. Publication certainly includes traditional forms, such as communications included in books, newspapers, and magazines, but it also includes oral remarks. Courts may require that the defendant act with actual malice or act negligently in failing to ascertain whether a statement was false or defamatory.

If the information in a communication is all true, it is not defamation. Defamation is an act of communication that causes someone to be shamed, ridiculed, held in contempt, lowered in the estimation of the community, or to lose employment status or earnings or otherwise suffer a damaged reputation. Such defamation is couched in 'defamatory language'. Libel and slander are subcategories of defamation. Defamation is primarily covered under state law, but is subject to First Amendment guarantees of free speech. The scope of constitutional protection extends to statements of opinion on matters of public concern that do not contain or imply a provable factual assertion.

Damages for slander may be limited to actual damages unless there is malicious intent. It does not have to be proven that actual harm to your reputation occurred to collect damages for slander if it is defamatory per se, such as:

* The communication affects your business, trade or profession (loss of business, discharge, demotion, etc.),

* Implies you committed a crime,

* Leads on that you have a loathsome disease,

* Or suggests that you are somehow sexually impure.

Defamation is a difficult wrong to prove, as there are various factors that are to be taken into consideration. The court must evaluate the defendant’s investigation, or lack there of, concerning the accuracy of the statement. How thoroughly the investigation was handled will reflect upon the nature and interest of the person who communicated the statement. Generally, defamation damages will not be awarded if the defendant had an honest but yet mistaken belief in the truth of the statement.

Invasion of privacy is the intrusion into the personal life of another, without just cause, which can give the person whose privacy has been invaded a right to bring a lawsuit for damages against the person or entity that intruded. It encompasses workplace monitoring, Internet privacy, data collection, and other means of disseminating private information. A non-public individual has a right to privacy from: a) intrusion on one's solitude or into one's private affairs; b) public disclosure of embarrassing private information; c) publicity which puts him/her in a false light to the public; d) appropriation of one's name or picture for personal or commercial advantage.

Interference with contract is a tort which is proven by the following:

1. A contract between the plaintiff and a third party at the time of the claimed interference.
2. Defendant knew of the contract at that time.
3. Defendant intentionally interfered with the contract.
4. Defendant improperly interfered with the contract.
5. Defendant’s conduct caused the breaching party to breach the contract.
6. Plaintiff was damaged as a result of defendant’s conduct.