BREAKING NEWS! Court Hands Trump Another Big League Victory!
A New York appeals court ruled that you cannot collect damages for defamation if President Donald Trump insults you over Twitter.
The court ruled in the case of a Republican political strategist who accused Trump of inciting a “virtual mob” against her after she questioned his fitness for office on television last year. The defamation suit by public-relations specialist Cheryl Jacobus was dismissed in January by New York state court Judge Barbara Jaffe.
“Just because speech may be offensive to someone doesn’t make it defamatory,” said Lawrence S. Rosen, an attorney for Trump. “The president is entitled to his opinion just like anyone else is.”
A five-judge appeals court panel in Manhattan on Tuesday upheld the lower-court ruling, finding that Trump’s statements about Jacobus were “too vague, subjective and lacking precise meaning” to be defamatory. A reasonable person would find them to be opinion and not fact, the court found.
Jacobus was seeking $4 million in damages against Trump. Her lawyer, Jay Butterman, said Tuesday was “not a happy day for democracy”.
Jay R. Butterman, an attorney for Jacobus, said he intends to ask the state’s highest court to hear the case.
“What this decision means is that the free speech is given only to those who have the power and authority to control the media,” Butterman said.
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