Trump Libel Win Based On Trump Libel Loss

By Mark Sableman, Thompson Coburn LLP (January 18, 2017, 12:35 PM EST) -- President-elect Donald Trump just won a libel case against a critic — for the very same reason that real estate developer Donald Trump lost a libel case against a critic more than 30 years ago. And yes, the precedent of Trump v. Chicago Tribune, the case that Trump lost in 1985, was relied upon by the court as it dismissed Cheryl Jacobus' suit against Trump just a few days before his inauguration....

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