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SHERBORN – Former Sherborn Police Chief Richard Thompson said the allegations used against him by the town to fire him in October have made him “unemployable” to ever work in law enforcement again. “This has been an extremely trying experience,” said Thompson on Friday. “I’ve dealt with and fought cancer twice in my life. Without question, this was far more taxing on myself and my family, my friends and my colleagues. I’ve never been more uncomfortable, sick to my stomach, embar...

In the country. its tortious interference. they are calling you for comment and they are saying dont do your job or i will go after you. howie: i will just say it smells bad. here is the cbs reporter jerika bun can. she was interviewed about that experience. >> this is someone who held an enormous amount of power who i respected and i was shocked. howie: fager said i dont think one text message is a reason to terminate someone after 36 years. do you think this text message controversy was sort o...

Never really people i work with or who are in positions of power in the country. its tortious interference. they are calling you for comment and they are saying dont do your job or i will go after you. howie: i will just say it smells bad. here is the cbs reporter jerika bun can. she was interviewed about that experience. >> this is someone who held an enormous amount of power who i respected and i was shocked. howie: fager said i dont think one text message is a reason to terminate someone afte...

Sign the document. but putting that aside, i dont think they can get the cbs -- because cbs is not part of it. theres a claim called tortious interference of contract but thats not apt in this setting. so i think the answer is no, the nda shouldnt bar cbs from airing this or subjecting them to liability. >> michael aif notty who represents stormy daniels was here with me last weekend. has anyone offered to pony up the $1 million to protect her and say, here, im good for it, go tell your story? >...

Even against you personally, which is youre aware that a contract exists requiring her to remain silent, and you are deliberately breaching that contract. generally, if you were -- you were not a broadcast network and you were not dealing with an issue of great public interest, the court might enforce that under tortious interference with business. i dont think ultimately they will because this involves the president of the united states and there are bigger issues that will be looked at. but it...

Because cbs is not part of it. there is a claim called tortious interference of contract, but that really isnt apt in this setting and i dont think that would be successful. so the answer i think is no, the nda shouldnt really bar cbs from airing this or subject them to liability. >> michael avenatti who represents stormy daniels was here with me last weekend and i asked him the following question. lets watch. has anyone offered to pony up the million dollars to protect her and say here, im good...

But in the upcoming midterm elections, with those voters that we need to win back, those white suburban women, those college educated women, this is going to matter. and the fact that it just keeps coming is going to matter. and i think its going to continue the trend in 18 of democrats picking up seats. i really do. >> do you think, paul, from a legal standpoint that -- you know, there was talk last week that perhaps they might try to stop cbs from running the interview? again, that seems to me...

To the interview, which again, just for full disclosure, i conducted. >> they havent slapped the handcuffs on you yet. so -- >> what is it? seven days? eight days. well see. >> i wouldnt be surprised to see an effort still to stop the interview. there is a doctrine in law called tortious interference with contract. heres the theory theyll use against "60 minutes" and maybe even against you personally, which is youre aware that a contract exists requiring her to remain silent, and you are deliber...

Result, theyll say of the tortious interference of the chicago mayor, but separate and apart from that, jay, i want to ask you, ram hm emanuel got in trouble with aclu. remember when he-- with chick-fil-a, and clu said, uh-uh mr. mayo youre a public official and cant discriminate against a group like chick-fil-a because of the beliefs held by chick-fil-as owners. he doesnt control the banks and cant say were not doing business. isnt it again, a public official trying to extract a punishment on t...

Of an item, here, guns, that are protected by the second amendment and interfere with their contractual relationship, their funding looks like tortious interference of business. this is, calling for a boycott? thats one thing and again that would raise serious issues, but here hes actually saying dont keep those business relationships going, please, period. not that chicago wont do business with the pension funds investing, they can make that decision, chicago can make that decision were not goi...