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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Sep 25, 2018, 07:20 AM Sep 2018

Stormy Daniels' Suit Against Trump Could Be Tossed Over 'Chilling Effect'

Last edited Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:09 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: The Daily Beast

U.S. District Judge S. James Otero hinted he might toss out Stormy Daniels’ defamation suit against Trump due to its potential to ‘hamper political discourse.’

Kate Briquelet
09.24.18 9:57 PM ET

A federal judge in Los Angeles could soon toss the defamation lawsuit Stormy Daniels filed against President Trump earlier this year.

On Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge S. James Otero said Trump’s tweet in response to Daniels’ claim that a mystery goon intimidated her in Las Vegas appeared to be “rhetorical hyperbole” and protected speech.

In April, Daniels and her attorney presented a forensic sketch of a man who allegedly warned her to “leave Trump alone” in 2011, soon after she spilled the story of her alleged romp with Trump to InTouch magazine.

Daniels sued Trump for defamation, claiming he was pegging her as a liar on Twitter.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-and-democrats-dismissed-anita-hill-christine-blasey-ford-wont-be-so-easy-to-ignore?ref=home

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Stormy Daniels' Suit Against Trump Could Be Tossed Over 'Chilling Effect' (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2018 OP

OMG!! This is unreal. riversedge Sep 2018 #1

No link provided TexasBushwhacker Sep 2018 #2

Sorry about that and thanks for the heads up. The link is there now DonViejo Sep 2018 #3

Link doesn't look correct. ... aggiesal Sep 2018 #5

This is bullshit...it's giving those a blank check to do what they want in the course of any ... SWBTATTReg Sep 2018 #4

Wow RhodeIslandOne Sep 2018 #6

This isn't surprising. Calista241 Sep 2018 #7

riversedge

(70,248 posts)

1. OMG!! This is unreal.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 08:46 AM

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TexasBushwhacker

(20,204 posts)

2. No link provided

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Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:06 AM

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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)

3. Sorry about that and thanks for the heads up. The link is there now

Reply to TexasBushwhacker (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 09:10 AM

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aggiesal

(8,919 posts)

5. Link doesn't look correct. ...

Reply to DonViejo (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 12:43 PM

Sep 2018

Story about Blasey-Ford not Stormy Daniels.

SWBTATTReg

(22,144 posts)

4. This is bullshit...it's giving those a blank check to do what they want in the course of any ...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 10:08 AM

Sep 2018

political activities. If you're guilty, you're guilty. Plain and simple.

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)

6. Wow

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 02:26 PM

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Calista241

(5,586 posts)

7. This isn't surprising.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Sep 25, 2018, 02:38 PM

Sep 2018

He's allowed to say stuff on the internet. He said: "A sketch years later about a nonexistent man. A total con job, playing the Fake News Media for Fools (but they know it)!"

I for one, am glad Trump is tweeting all the time (with bad grammar and everything) as it only increases our likelihood of winning the House back this fall.

How many of us have called Trump and others a liar here on this website? If Daniels won this defamation case, that ruling could very easily extend to encompass stuff all of us do on a daily basis.

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