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Republican Consultant Cheri Jacobus Files Libel Suit Against Donald Trump
New York Times ^ | April 18, 2016 | Alexander Burns

Posted on 04/19/2016 2:07:55 AM PDT by reaganaut1

A longtime Republican consultant who has been harshly criticized by Donald J. Trump filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit on Monday accusing him and his campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, of making false statements that harmed her professionally and personally.

The consultant, Cheri Jacobus, accused Mr. Trump and Mr. Lewandowski of libeling her by depicting her as a disappointed job-seeker who turned on Mr. Trump after he declined to hire her.

When Ms. Jacobus criticized Mr. Trump on CNN in late January and early February, Mr. Trump branded her on Twitter as “a real dummy” who had “begged my people for a job.” Mr. Lewandowski described her in similar terms on television.

But in the legal filing, Ms. Jacobus claims those accusations were false and caused “enormous damage to her career and reputation, significant emotional distress” and held her up to “public ridicule.”

The jabs from the Trump camp prompted an onslaught of online abuse, according to the lawsuit and news reports. “The attacks by Trump’s followers were laced with sexual degradation and pornographic vulgarity,” the lawsuit states. It says of Ms. Jacobus, “She was depicted in numerous graphic illustrations as an appropriate victim for rape and sexual assault.”

Hope Hicks, a spokeswoman for the Trump campaign, said in a statement that the lawsuit had no merit. “This is just another frivolous lawsuit and an attempt to gain notoriety at the expense of Donald Trump,” she said.

The litigation comes only days after the Trump campaign escaped another embarrassing legal bind, after a Florida prosecutor declined to prosecute Mr. Lewandowski on a charge of battery for after he was accused of manhandling a reporter at a campaign event.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: jacobus; moosebitsister; repost; tdsmorningshift; tdsprimaryday; trump
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To: reaganaut1

Desperate GOPe Conspires to Take Down Trump

Excerpt: “This diagram shows how the consultant class uses twitter to funnel disinformation to tear down candidates while surreptitiously promoting others. Note below how anti Trump operative Cheri Jacobus attempts to create a false meme, apparently linking an unwitting KKK parody account to the Trump campaign. Then she goes on a low rated internet radio show to spread the lie.”

https://politicaltropes.wordpress.com/


21 posted on 04/19/2016 4:14:56 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. %%%)
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To: nathanbedford

Now the guy who runs around here proudly displaying a picture of Nathan Bedford Forrest is a legal scholar as well? Amazing how well rounded you are.


22 posted on 04/19/2016 4:16:03 AM PDT by usafa92 (Trump 2016 - Destroying the GOPe while Making America Great Again)
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To: reaganaut1

Bad news, Donald doesn’t settle


23 posted on 04/19/2016 4:20:56 AM PDT by Donglalinger
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To: driftdiver

How many other candidates have had this type of lawsuit filed at this time in the campaign?


How many other leading candidates are not bought and paid for career politicians? There is your answer.


24 posted on 04/19/2016 4:21:24 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: Donglalinger

Good news, in the case reported by the Boston Globe’s hit piece Monday Trump reportedly settled.


25 posted on 04/19/2016 4:41:37 AM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Changed)
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To: olezip
Is this yet another woman "scorned?"

If you read the article, you will see that there is a specific allegation that "Jim Dornan, a Trump aide who has since left the campaign, had sought to recruit Ms. Jacobus." Trump has not denied this allegation.

I suspect the scorned one is "Baby Donald".

26 posted on 04/19/2016 5:21:10 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: driftdiver
How many other candidates have had this type of lawsuit filed at this time in the campaign?

How many folks have been labeled as cheaters and run-around hound dogs? I can hear Rush's voice now as he described Democrats time and again, "It's not the truth of the matter but the seriousness of the charge that matters"......

27 posted on 04/19/2016 5:23:05 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: nathanbedford
"I am assuming the court would find her to be a public person and therefore malice on Trump's part would be required to be proven."

You may be right on that, but it's hard for me to see how Baby Donald's public Tweets were not malicious.

28 posted on 04/19/2016 5:24:23 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: jacknhoo

She's got crazy eyes.

29 posted on 04/19/2016 5:27:14 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: eartick
She really did it.

Which Cruz bundler is going to pay for it?

30 posted on 04/19/2016 5:30:32 AM PDT by Stentor
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To: driftdiver
"Did he do what is alleged?...... How many other candidates have had this type of lawsuit filed at this time in the campaign?"

His Tweets and speeches are public knowledge. Of course he said them.

As to what other candidates have experienced this, Baby Donald is the only candidate I've ever seen producing such childish behavior. Most candidates have the mental development of at least Junior High School, where such antics are discouraged.

31 posted on 04/19/2016 5:31:32 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: jacknhoo
"Trump would never hire that pig."

Then why did he recruit her?

32 posted on 04/19/2016 5:32:49 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: dforest
She is beng counter sued.

You Trum-pets will invent anything to justify Baby Donald's tantrums, won't you?

33 posted on 04/19/2016 5:35:23 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: usafa92

You can try to make it all about me, you can even try to divert attention from the vulgarian , you can even point out where I am in error but no matter what you do it will be about the candidate.


34 posted on 04/19/2016 5:46:02 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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To: jacknhoo

Try to ignore Driftdiver. In all honesty, it is nothing but a trump-hating, POS deserving no respectful conversation.


35 posted on 04/19/2016 6:10:05 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: trebb

Trump is a cheater, thats true.


36 posted on 04/19/2016 7:34:50 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: norwaypinesavage

In contrast to Mr. Trump, most politicians don’t engage in this type public bickering personally. They allow surrogates to speak for them and thus remain above the fray. The potential damage is not the loss of a lawsuit, but the discovery process where Mr. Trump can be questioned extensively under oath.


37 posted on 04/19/2016 8:21:04 AM PDT by etcb
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To: etcb
"In contrast to Mr. Trump, most politicians don’t engage in this type public bickering personally."

In contrast to Mr. Trump, most politicians adults don’t engage in this type public bickering personally.

38 posted on 04/19/2016 8:34:17 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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To: norwaypinesavage

I agree with your edit.


39 posted on 04/19/2016 8:41:39 AM PDT by etcb
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To: lodi90

They are in panic mode, that’s for sure.


40 posted on 04/19/2016 8:56:55 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation. %%%)
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