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Litigation

Sep. 15, 2016

Lawsuit makes good on at least one of Trump's promises

Melania Trump's lawsuit against the Daily Mail makes good on one of her husband's most famous promises — a vow in February that he would "open up the libel laws" against publications that write "purposely negative and horrible and false articles." By Karl Olson

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By Karl Olson

Donald Trump has already kept one of his campaign promises.

No, he didn't get Mexico to agree to pay for a wall on our border with that country when he visited Mexico City last month. But Team Trump did keep one of its promises last week when Melania Trump sued a British tabloid, the Daily Mail, and a Maryland blogger, Webster Tarpley, over stories about Melania Trump's pre-Trump life. Tarpley had posted that Melania Trump was ...

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