Melania threatens to sue Politico, The Daily Mail and others

[True Dough]

She hasn't filed suit, just letting everyone know that she's considering legal action.

Trump, the wife of the Republican presidential nominee, has placed The Daily Mail and other news organizations "on notice... for making false and defamatory statements about her supposedly having been an 'escort' in the 1990s," Charles Harder, a lawyer for Trump, said in a statement.

In addition, Harder said that he had put Politico on notice for "false and defamatory statements" regarding its reporting on Trump's immigration history. Politico confirmed that its reporters had been sent notices.

The notices come just three days after The Daily Mail, a UK publication, published a report citing a story in a Slovenian magazine that claimed a New York modeling agency that once represented Trump "also operated as an escort agency for wealthy clients." That report was then picked up or referenced by other news outlets.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/22/media/melania-trump-threatens-to-sue-news-outlets/

[Jim__]

1. I guess they have to begin their stories with "Some people are saying ...". - n/t

[riversedge]

7. ^^^^THIS^^^^

[ghostsinthemachine]

2. They (she) won't...

Typical to threaten to sue then don't because they were right. Most of the time the threat is enough to sway opinion.

[Frank Cannon]

3. I wasn't aware she was accused of being a hooker.

But thanks to her, now I do!

Seems like she's more upset about the hooker stuff than she is about being accused of immigration fraud.

[pnwmom]

8. And Trump tweeted the story about the lawsuit -- as if he wants as many people

as possible to know about it.

He must think there's some advantage to him to do so.

[rug]

4. How much does she want?

[True Dough]

5. Are you propositioning her, Rug?

[rug]

6. We can make a deal, a good deal.

Not.

[white_wolf]

9. I write for one of the sites mentioned in that article.

Honestly, it kind of freaked me out when I saw that since Trump has the money to sue plenty of smaller sites out of business regardless of the merits of the suit.

[Kathy M]

10. Wonder who gave / planted Daily Mail the info ...... I thought Daily Mail UK was more

of a tabloid ( ? )

Sounds like a distraction , something to be loud about so Trumps can send message on making law suit on items in news they do not want to answer

"In addition, Harder said that he had put Politico on notice for "false and defamatory statements" regarding its reporting on Trump's immigration history. Politico confirmed that its reporters had been sent notices. "