Judge rules that woman can’t sue Trump over insulting tweet
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President-elect Donald Trump listened to a reporters question at Trump Tower in New York on Monday. A New York judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Trump by a political strategist who said her reputation was trashed when he called her a “dummy” on Twitter.
NEW YORK >> A New York judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against Donald Trump by a political strategist who said her reputation was trashed when he called her a “dummy” on Twitter.
Judge Barbara Jaffe said Trump’s tweets about Cheryl Jacobus were constitutionally protected expressions of opinion.
Trump targeted Jacobus after she went on CNN last February and accused him of misleading voters about how he was financing his presidential campaign.
In a tweet, Trump wrote that Jacobus had “begged us for a job” and called her “a real dummy.” In a later tweet, he called her a “major loser.”
The judge wrote in her ruling posted today that while Trump’s tweets are “rife with vague and simplistic insults,” they are protected by the First Amendment.
A lawyer for Jacobus vowed to appeal.
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7 responses to “Judge rules that woman can’t sue Trump over insulting tweet”
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This will remain the law until Mr. Trump follows through on his campaign promise to loosen libel laws. That will expose him to an avalanche of lawsuits due to his infantile tweeting. He hasn’t yet figured out that if the law is changed to make it easier for him to sue people, it will be easier for everyone else to sue him.
He’s a psychotic. Obviously.
Why is this news?
Because it’s about Trump the next POTUS and his lawsuits.
Didn’t you know that Donald Trump is incredibly going to be the next President?
OMG… I hope all the people I’ve called a “dummy” don’t come after me. If on the other hand, it does get overturned on appeal… just think of all the people on FB and here on SA that I can sue who call me “dummy” every day. LOL LOL LOL What a bunch of dummy losers . LOL LOL LO
Who are you again???
And how many of “all the people” you’re referring to are going to be the next POTUS? Are you?