Trump awarded over $121,000 in legal fees from Stormy Daniels in defamation case

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The ruling came hours after fmr. President Donald Trump appeared in a New York City courtroom in a separate criminal case brought by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. He is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.

by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to pay more than $121,000 for his legal fees in another case. Daniels had sued Trump for defamation based on a tweet he had posted about her. The tweet showed a photo of Daniels' ex-husband next to a composite sketch Daniels commissioned that depicted an unknown man she claimed had threatened her when she was about to go public with her claim about an affair with Trump.

The judge dismissed her case and ordered her to pay Trump's legal fees in 2018. She appealed the order, arguing the fees were too high. The court found that her"argument that the fee request is unreasonable and excessive is not well-founded." The court denied a small fraction of the fees submitted: Trump's request for $5,150 to prepare the document for the fee reply because it was"not itemized."

The ruling came hours after Trump appeared in a New York City courtroom in a separate criminal case brought by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. He isThe indictmentwhen Trump reimbursed his former lawyer and"fixer" Michael Cohen for payments made to Daniels during the 2016 campaign. Falsifying business records is typically a misdemeanor under New York law but can be upgraded to a low-level felony if prosecutors can show the defendant committed the offense with the intention to commit or conceal another crime. Trump was charged with felonies on the grounds that the conduct was intended to aid another crime — violating election laws.

 

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Wonder who her 'advisor' is of if she even listens to her/him!!! Now she has to pay Trump at least $6000,000. for his legal fees!!! When you try to get someone in 'trouble'...often YOU lose in so any ways!!! Hahahaha

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I'm sure she doesn't have any extra money to pay anything. I wouldn't hold my breath. She's as sickening & as big a liar as anyone involved

Priceless!

Turns out her mouth isn't a prayer book after all.

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She’s paying him with his own money,,,,,,LOLOLOLOL

Well, looks like StormyDaniels has got to get back on set to pay her massive debt back to The Donald.

Shame on you for helping to divide

Notice the bias? He’s awarded legal fees from an extortionist and this is the text of their tweet. The biased media is the enemy of truth and peace. Call them out for what they are.

😂😂😂 Poor Stormy.

Nothing laid out is a felony. So trump defrauded voters 4 months after election? Gotcha! Bragg reduces at least 50% of his felonies to misdemeanors, yet chooses to raise a misdemeanor to a felony? Bragg should be arrested for prosecutorial misconduct and all charges dropped. NEXT

What credibility a porn actress have who gets pay for sex regardless of whether the person is married or with children or has child support, or even worse, have disabled children, only for her own interest and benefits 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

please don't interrupt the soaps for that slug!!!

when Karma bites you in the ass 😊

And this lady has the gull to laugh at Trump.

This porn star is very rich anyway.

Bill Clinton is next - if you can be indicted for paying hush money!

She up to 600k+. Where trumps money?

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