Webster Tarpley - Maryland blogger
Posted on 12/12/2016 9:45:52 AM PST by springwater13
Melania Trump, the incoming first lady, appeared at a court hearing on Monday in her defamation lawsuit against the Daily Mail and a Maryland blogger.
The hearing in Rockville, Maryland was a scheduling conference, according to a statement from her attorney, but her case is unusual in that presidential candidates and their spouses rarely pursue libel lawsuits in the heat of a campaign.
“Mrs. Trump was not required to attend the court conference, but chose to do so, to meet the judge, meet opposing counsel, and show her commitment to the case,” said Charles Harder, her attorney.
“Mrs. Trump looks forward to seeing the case to a successful conclusion.”
In September, she sued Mail Media, parent company of the Daily Mail, and blogger Webster Tarpley over reports that she once worked as an escort.
The Daily Mail issued a retraction after the lawsuit was filed. Tarpley removed the post and published an apology, according to her lawsuit, but he later said that her litigation was a “direct affront to First Amendment principles.”
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Sue ‘em dry Melania!
This family knows how to conduct business.
Which 1st Amendment principles immunize you from a slander suit, Mr. Tarpley...?
My bad, libel suit, if he wrote it.
A pleasant break to the dreary court-room routine!
So what did she wear?
I just realized that the Trumps will keep stuffing the liberals, esp. their media into the dirt. IMO the commie politicians they espouse will lose conviction because they will no longer have their cover!
yeah...somewhere around 1812 too if my memory serves me.
LOL that was my first thought. Love her style.
You mean lying with impunity?
Sue every blogger you can find, Melania! WOOHOO!
Webster Tarpley - Maryland blogger
I believe she is also going after Rosie O’Donell and the other idiot who said Baron was autistic.
I am glad she is pursuing both, fake news needs to be stopped
She will not tolerate the media lying about her. This is her warning shot. I hope she wins a YUGE judgement.
This idiot reporter and his employerare going to learn a startling lesson re the meaning of deep pockets, which Trump has and they better have if they plan too see this through.
Not to say that the American president’s wife deserves royal treatment, not at all. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-13558270
And I have read the royals loathe their own press.
But one would think that journalists who would not consider calling their own queen, say, a `tart’ might be able to restrain themselves from venting their left-wing political spleen by printing that Melania was a call girl.
I hope she winds up owning them.
1st amend, they say. That’s rich.
Trump’s family is all good stock.
Tarpley removed the post and published an apology, according to her lawsuit, but he later said that her litigation was a “direct affront to First Amendment principles.”
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Some people don’t know when to shut up.
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