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Original Title: James Carville LSU: “I have engaged the services of Williams & Connolly [law firm]… I think the governor libeled our AD, that we have a case of actual malice… I am not going to be passive on this at all… damage done has been incalculable, the board may not be exercising its fiduciary duty”
“Mike Foster was governor of the state. I was totally supportive, as you know, of LSU football the entire time. Bobby Jindal, I was fully supportive… I [now] plan on burning all of my LSU gear, both of my diplomas, both of my daughters’ diplomas.
And I believe, and this is my own personal belief, but I’ve engaged the services of Williams and Connolly. I think that the governor libeled our athletic director when he erroneously talked about Jimbo Fisher’s buyout at Texas A&M. And I believe that we have a case of actual malice, which under current existing libel law in the United States, you would have to prove. And if we can get to discovery, I think that we can prove it.
The damage, the reputational damage that has been done to our university, is incalculable. Our president left and went to Rutgers, which is the 41st best university in the entire United States according to U.S. News and World Report. And the board is trying to hire the president of McNeese, which I have nothing against, but is ranked the 80th regional university in the South. That’s not a trade you want to make, right? And that is the direction that it seems our governor is intent on taking our university. And I’m not going to be passive in this struggle at all.
I don’t know how it’s possible I could be more direct**,** you will get the video at the burning. But this is unbelievable. I also think, maybe there’s a board member listening, I’m not sure that the board is exercising its fiduciary duty to the university. But every person at this university who has a degree, who’s currently studying there, who’s currently teaching there, has suffered incalculable reputational damage. I’m going to say it”.
Source 10/31 episode “Tony’s Big Day Out” starts around 32:30