Donald Jr. Scores Legal Win as Trump Heads Into Court

Ahead of former president Donald Trump's appearance in court on Monday for his hush-money criminal case, Donald Trump Jr. lands a legal win in a defamation lawsuit from Don Blankenship.Trump is facing 34 felony charges regarding falsified business records over hush money payments that were made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels weeks before the 2016 presidential election. Daniels alleged that she had an affair with Trump a decade prior, which he has denied.

'In this case, we consider an appeal by plaintiff Don Blankenship from the district court's award of summary judgment to defendant Donald Trump, Jr on Blankenship's claims under West Virginia law of defamation, false light invasion of privacy, and civil conspiracy. Because we agree with the district court that the record is insufficient to show that Trump, Jr made a defamatory statement with actual malice, we affirm the district court's judgment,' said the per curiam ruling.

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