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Trump biographer Michael Wolff sued First Lady Melania Trump late Tuesday to stop her from filing a defamation suit over his statements about Melania and Donald Trump’s relationship to convicted pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Wolff, a journalist whose upcoming book is tentatively titled “The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump (Redux),” claims Melania Trump’s lawyers sent a letter threatening to sue him for over $1 billion in damages and demanding he apologize for suggesting online that she is playing a behind-the-scenes role in the Trump administration’s messy handling of the Epstein files.
“It is not defamatory to say that Mrs. Trump is actively managing the present White House response to the controversy. Nor is it defamatory to say that Mrs. Trump was involved in Epstein’s rather expansive social circle,” Wolff wrote. More
Wolff says his words are “protected opinion and hypothesis”. We call that Bull$hit. I hope she takes him for everything he has, including his opinion.
If there’s one thing the Trumps have demonstrated over the years, they have good lawyers and aren’t afraid to use them.
https://youtu.be/VzykUGonAyg?t=6
Okay, then.
You can sue somebody to keep them from suing you? Really?
journalist. He should be sued for this title alone.
Michael Wolff is a well known weasel who makes things up to sell books.
Here is an enjoyable post from 2018 of video of Wolff getting kicked in the nuts and thrown off Morning Joe.
https://www.diogenesmiddlefinger.com/2018/02/meat-puppet-and-crew-completely.html
Diogenes,
I saw that too.
And then that Michelle Wolfe and the dogs.
And then came April.
Ah, 2018
Like it was yesterday
Hey Diogenes
Boney Fings 4EVA
Diogenes, that was awesome. thanks for the post of the month. You’re now the #1 weasel catcher of the internet. (Award will follow and soon as I can live trap a Weasel that is not a politician).
Wolff’s lawsuit seems to seek an advisory opinion from the court, which is not allowed. Courts adjudicate actual controversies, not hypothetical situations. So far as I can tell, Melania Trump has not actually filed anything.
Ironically, Wolff’s lawsuit may actually be subject to an anti-SLAPP motion even though he supposedly filed his lawsuit under New York’s anti-SLAPP statute. The analysis can get a little convoluted, but anti-SLAPP motions are directed to actual lawsuits – not threats of lawsuits. In filing his “preemptive lawsuit,” Wolff seeks to obtain both an advisory opinion as well as chill Melania’s right to use the courts for redress of grievances.
As a disclaimer, I am not overly familiar with New York’s anti-SLAPP statute, but I don’t believe it extends to mere threats of litigation.
^^^^^^^
I’m no attorney, but how do you take action against something that hasn’t taken place yet in a court of law? I think he’s lying his ass off.
Isnt prior restraint illegal?
tctsunami, I’m not worthy.
Sweet dreams are in the eyes of the beholders.
Morons and imbeciles need libraries of History(TM), to claim they Know(TM) (earworm warning:) what’s goin’ on. King of The Bell Hill, bog standard, average folk, need a post-it note (because there’s nothing new under the Sun).
So? What kind of hoor would marry “our” illionaire Trash King? Is it worse to go grabbling under the Golden Gunt? Or be shat on by a sheikh? Which must pay more? For her to agree?
(‘nother earworm warning:) The More You Know…
@Bad_Brad: Not to be insulting, but you could be an attorney – a lot of it is common sense. But you are correct – an “advisory opinion” is a fancy way of saying someone is asking the court to rule on something that hasn’t happened yet; that’s why courts don’t entertain them.
Wyatt, I consider that a huge complement. Thank you. I respect and enjoy watching the real deal. Like any trade or profession certain peeps should not have applied. You may be able to pass the bar, but that doesn’t mean you can argue or research a case. Then you become a politician. You sir are in an honorable profession that types way to much, lol, that been inundated by ignorant people chasing a dollar. I wish I would have run into you about 15 years ago. Contract law sucks.
^^”A huge compliment?”….I was once told that I could be a good lawyer but I couldn’t because my parents were married when I was born….