'Abusively presented spat': Judge dismisses author Michael Wolff's suit against Melania Trump |
‘Abusively presented spat’: Judge dismisses author Michael Wolff’s suit against Melania Trump
A federal judge on Friday dismissed Michael Wolff’s lawsuit against first lady Melania Trump, launched after she threatened to sue the author for defamation.
“There are many features of this case that make it complicated: the prominence of the personalities involved, the scandalizing content of the underlying statements, and, frankly, an inappropriate level of tactical gamesmanship,” U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil wrote in her 45-page opinion.
“But the outcome is simple. The Court will not be conscripted to oversee an abusively presented spat and so declines to reach the merits here,” Vyskocil added.
The judge is an appointee of President Trump who serves on the federal bench in New York.
Last year, Trump demanded Wolff retract certain........