I imagine a sitting Supreme Court judge is not going to bother with defamation suits, and as a public figure would be unlikely to get anywhere with them regardless.
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I believe he will sue her into oblivion to clear and then donate the money to a good cause.
Remember the following people, who are all public figures, sued and won the same thing.
Oprah
Hulk Hogan
Melania
Bunch more.
Plus an Army officer just won 8.4 million dollars from a skank who wrongly accused him of rape.
Discovery, which could include the Democrats' e-mails and Ford's psych records, should be interesting.