MSNBC Pundit’s Tweet Accusing Lawyer of “Coach[ing a Witness] to Lie” Is a Potentially Defamatory Factual Assertion, Not an Opinion
From Judge Loren L. AliKhan’s decision yesterday in Passantino v. Weissmann (D.D.C.): The following factual allegations drawn from Mr. Passantino’s complaint, are accepted as true for the purpose of evaluating the motion before the court. Mr. Passantino has been a lawyer for more than thirty years. In 2017 and 2018, he served as a senior […]