Thread: Stormy Daniels Loses Libel Lawsuit Over Trump’s ‘Con Job’ Tweet

Stormy Daniels Loses Libel Lawsuit Over Trump’s ‘Con Job’ Tweet

By Edvard Pettersson
October 15, 2018, 6:40 PM EDT
Updated on October 15, 2018, 6:54 PM EDT

Judge says president’s rhetoric is protected by Constitution
Porn actress claims she was threatened in 2011 in Las Vegas

Stormy Daniels’s libel lawsuit over a tweet by Donald Trump accusing her of “a total con job” was thrown out by a judge who said the president was engaging in free speech.

The adult film star, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, claimed she was threatened by an unknown man in a Las Vegas parking lot in 2011 for agreeing to cooperate with a magazine article about a tryst she says she had with Trump in 2006. After her lawyer released a composite sketch of the man, Trump accused Clifford in an April tweet of “a total con job" concerning a “nonexistent man.”

“The court agrees with Mr. Trump’s argument because the tweet in question constitutes ‘rhetorical hyperbole’ normally associated with politics and public discourse in the U.S.,” U.S. District Judge S. James Otero in Los Angeles said in a ruling Monday. “The First Amendment protects this type of rhetorical statement.”

Trump’s lawyers had argued that Clifford -- far from being harmed -- has benefited financially from her public dispute with the president.

“We will appeal the dismissal of the defamation cause of action and are confident in a reversal,” Clifford’s lawyer, Michael Avenatti, said in a statement. “There is something really rich in Trump relying on the First Amendment to justify defaming a woman.”

The judge awarded Trump reasonable attorney’s fees.

“No amount of spin or commentary by Stormy Daniels or her lawyer, Mr. Avenatti, can truthfully characterize today’s ruling in any way other than total victory for President Trump and total defeat for Stormy Daniels,” Trump’s lawyer, Charles Harder, said in a statement.

The case is Clifford v. Trump, 18-cv-06893, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles).
(Updates with judge’s reasoning in third paragraph.)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...-con-job-tweet

Elizabeth Warren and Stormy Daniels BOTH go down in flames on the same day joining the defeated Ford.

Women of America, stand up for jobs and higher wages, stand up for fixing our bad trade deals, stand up for American Workers, stand up for peace, stand up for domestic tranquility, stand up for SOMETHING that makes our lives better. Whining about a heritage you don't have or a sexual assault or extra-marital affair you can't prove, ain't it.

And it's only MONDAY

JUST IN: A federal judge has dismissed adult film star Stormy Daniels' defamation lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump and has to pay President Trump's legal fees.
Sorry Creepy porn lawyer

Bad news for Stripper Stormy and her creepy porn lawyer: Not only do they lose defamation case against Trump, they're obligated to pay the President's legal fees. 😂#Winning



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