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Trump Attacks Stormy Daniels on Twitter After Defamation Suit Dismissed

HeadlineOct 17, 2018

A federal judge in California has thrown out a defamation lawsuit brought against President Trump by adult film star Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, who says she had an extramarital affair with Trump in 2006. On Twitter, Trump mentioned Stormy Daniels by name for the first time ever Tuesday—though he misspelled her name—writing, “Great, now I can go after Horseface and her third-rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas.” Trump has a long history of misogynistic tweets; he’s previously called women dogs, pigs, crazed, crying, bleeding, fat, ugly, and low-IQ.

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