The judge that threw out Stormy Daniels’ defamation case against President Trump, also ruled that she is liable for his legal fees and must reimburse Trump for the costs. Those costs amount to $342,000. That’s a lot of lap dances.
Her lawyer, the creepy Michael Avenatti said that the 342k is nothing compared to what she will collect from Trump over a non-disclosure agreement she signed and was paid for. But, really, it’s a moot point since she has talked about the case over 20 times on television and neither Trump nor Michael Cohen is suing Daniels.
“The court agrees with Mr. Trump’s argument because the tweet in question constitutes ‘rhetorical hyperbole’ normally associated with politics and public discourse in the U.S.,” U.S. District Judge S. James Otero in Los Angeles said in a ruling Monday, as Bloomberg reported. “The First Amendment protects this type of rhetorical statement.”
The ruling also stated Trump is “entitled to an award of his attorneys’ fees” against Daniels, the president’s attorney Charles Harder said in a statement to Fox News earlier this month.
Trump is requesting $341,559.50 in attorney’s fees from Daniels, according to a court filing on Monday by the president’s attorneys, the Washington Examiner reported.
The filing in Los Angeles court claimed Daniels “filed this action, not because it had any merit, but instead for the ulterior purposes of raising her media profile, engaging in political attacks against the president by herself and her attorney, who has appeared on more than 150 national television news interviews attacking the President and now is exploring a run for the presidency himself in 2020,” according to the outlet.
The other thing about the nondisclosure agreement is that President Trump never signed it, so how can he be responsible for it?