First lady Melania Trump can move ahead with a libel lawsuit she filed against a blogger who reported rumors that she worked as a high-end escort, a judge ruled on Friday. The blogger, Webster Tarpley of Gaithersburg, had sought to have the lawsuit dismissed. “He did not say that Melania Trump was a high-class escort. Trump also has filed a lawsuit against the paper in London. She filed the lawsuit in Rockville in September, after both Tarpley and the Daily Mail issued retractions.

Source: The Guardian January 27, 2017 17:00 UTC