Trump Beats Libel Lawsuit Over Tweets Directed at Political Strategist
A New York Supreme Court judge on Tuesday agreed to dismiss a defamation suit brought by political strategist Cheryl Jacobus against Donald Trump, reports The Hollywood Reporter.
The suit was based on a Trump tweet, in which he said that Jacobus had “begged” him for a job and went “hostile” when she was turned down. He also called her a “major loser” with “zero credibility.”
New York judge Barbara Jaffe granted Trump’s motion to dismiss.
She found that a reasonable reader would recognize Trump’s schoolyard type squabble as rendering statements of opinion, writes
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