Dana Mathewson

A few days ago, Jack Kemp posted Don Sturber's article about how so many people who take on our President seem to end up losing the argument.

Here's another one. This is from Power Line:

A federal judge in California has ordered Stormy Daniels to pay $293,052.33 in attorney’s fees as a result of the defamation suit she brought, via her lawyer Michael Avenatti, against President Trump earlier this year.

The suit concerned Trump’s tweet that Daniels’ allegation that an unknown man threatened her in a parking lot to keep quiet about her alleged affair with Trump is a "total con job.” Federal District Judge S. James Otero tossed the case. He found that the tweet in question constitutes "rhetorical hyperbole normally associated with politics and public discourse in the United States” and that therefore it is protected by the First Amendment.

Judge Otero also ruled that Trump was entitled to attorneys’ fees under a Texas statute that requires the losing party in these kinds of cases to pay the winning side’s legal fees. Today, he determined the fee amount to be just under $300,000.

Trump had sought $340,000, but Otero knocked the amount down a bit, finding that Trump’s attorneys worked more hours than they reasonably would have been expected to. The rate of return here, about 85 percent, isn’t bad in an attorneys’ fees case.

Avenatti says Daniels will win substantially more than what she now owes Trump in another lawsuit. We’ll see. I wouldn’t bet on it.

I have to say this is really funny, especially considering the judge who ruled in Trump's favor is from California. It's great to see the President keep winning. And I don't mind seeing Avenatti keep losing, either, when it comes to that.

Entire article is here: https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2018/12/judge-to-stormy-daniels-you-owe-trump-293000-in-legal-fees.php

My favorite quote from the article is:

Meow!

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