Pro-Trump influencer will take legal action against New York magazine over 'despicable' cover story | 5 Feb 2025 | CJ Pearson is taking legal action against New York Magazine after its "despicable" cover story that he feels falsely painted pro-Trump conservatives as racist. New York Magazine writer Brock Colyar warned that a new generation of "casually cruel Trumpers" are "conquering Washington" in a cover story headlined, "The Cruel Kids’ Table." The glossy feature has since come under fire for cropping Black attendees out of the cover image while quoting an attendee who complained "the entire room is White." Pearson has not yet filed a lawsuit but provided a formal notice to the magazine that he plans to sue. "They don't get to slander us as racist. They don't get to libel us in print. We need to fight back and hold their feet to the fire," Pearson told Fox News Digital.