Sentences with phrase «statements of opinion protected»
A New York judge dismissed a Republican political strategist's $ 4 million defamation suit against Trump and his former campaign manager, ruling the president - elect's «intemperate» tweets saying the woman «begged» for a job were statements of opinion protected by the First Amendment.
At trial, the defendants admitted the claim that Giustibelli had charged them four times the quoted fee was not true, but said their statements were protected by the First Amendment as a statementofopinion.