Election Slander: May We Say It? May We Hear It?

Elections bring a flood of slander, in the news, on WhatsApp and at the Shabbos table. Is it permitted to say it, or even to listen? Rabbi Shay Tahan explains the Chofetz Chaim's rules of lashon hara and rechilus, and when speaking l'to'eles (for a constructive purpose) is allowed, with its conditions. More halacha answers: https://askhalacha.com