The US constitution generally protects the right to make false statements, intentionally or not, in all but a few situations.
Or maybe start with all the people who kept on claiming that migrants are eating people's cats and dogs.
etc. etc. etc. I can go on and on.
Applying the most strictest of strictest interpretation of the law for your enemies while being exceedingly lax with the law for your friends is one if the key hallmarks of authoritarianism.