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Civil Litigation

Aug. 29, 2018

President makes free speech claim an actress' defamation suit

President makes free speech claim an actress' defamation suit
Charles Harder of Harder LLP is representing the president in a defamation suit brought by adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

Attorneys for President Donald J. Trump say a case brought against him over an allegedly defamatory tweet is an attack on his free speech designed to silence him.

Trump's counsel Charles Harder of Harder LLP asked U.S. District Judge James Otero to dismiss the case brought by pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, in an anti-SLAPP motion filed Monday.

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