Melania Trump
Michael Wolff’s Courtroom Gambit Backfires …
Decide Tosses Lawsuit Over Epstein Remarks
Revealed
Michael Wolff tried pulling a authorized quick one on Melania Trump … no less than based on the federal decide who simply tossed his case.
Wolff — the longtime Trump biographer behind books like “Fire and Fury” — sued after Melania’s attorneys threatened him with a $1 Billion defamation lawsuit tied to feedback he made linking her to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
However on Friday, a federal decide fully shut down Wolff’s lawsuit … accusing him of “gamesmanship,” “forum-shopping,” and abusing the judgment course of by attempting to beat Melania to the courthouse earlier than she might sue him herself.
The decide stated Wolff was primarily attempting to “short-circuit” the conventional authorized course of by asking the court docket to rule forward of time that he didn’t defame FLOTUS … as a substitute of ready for the precise defamation case to play out the conventional approach.
At one level, the ruling mocked Wolff’s facet for counting on issues just like the “Melania” documentary, public appearances by the Trumps, and hypothesis in regards to the Melania and President Trump‘s marriage dynamic.
Even so, the decide finally refused to let Wolff’s lawsuit transfer ahead … dismissing your entire factor and saying if Melania desires to sue him for defamation, she will do it the standard approach in court docket.
The decide even stated the court docket wouldn’t be “conscripted to oversee an abusively presented spat” between the 2 sides.
