Stormy Daniels' Suit Against Trump Could Be Tossed Over 'Chilling Effect' [View all]
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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.
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