Appeals court upholds decision to toss Trump defamation suit
Donald Trump Jacobus
An appeals court upheld a decision Tuesday tossing a Republican commentator's $4 million defamation suit against  President Trump   ruling  his  tweeted insults "were opinion and not fact."
A lower court dismissed Cheryl Jacobus's suit in January  ruling she was engaged in a "petty quarrel" with  Trump  that did not rise to the level of defamation.  Trump  called  her  "a real dummy " among other jabs.
Jacobus  a GOP consultant and TV commentator  sued  Trump  and his former campaign manager  Corey Lewandowski  in April 2016  contending that they raised questions about her professional ethics by suggesting that she only criticized  Trump  on TV after his campaign turned her down for a job early in 2015.
 Trump 's attorney  Larry Rosen  said the President was entitled to his opinion just like anyone else. (Jonathan Bachman/AP)
Cheryl Jacobus says  Trump  'destroyed' her career in $4M suit
An appeals court upheld a decision Tuesday tossing a Republican commentator's $4 million defamation suit against  President Trump   ruling  his  tweeted insults "were opinion and not fact."
A lower court dismissed Cheryl Jacobus's suit in January  ruling she was engaged in a "petty quarrel" with  Trump  that did not rise to the level of defamation.  Trump  called  her  "a real dummy " among other jabs.
Jacobus  a GOP consultant and TV commentator  sued  Trump  and his former campaign manager  Corey Lewandowski  in April 2016  contending that they raised questions about her professional ethics by suggesting that she only criticized  Trump  on TV after his campaign turned her down for a job early in 2015.
 Trump 's attorney  Larry Rosen  said the President was entitled to his opinion just like anyone else. (Jonathan Bachman/AP)
Cheryl Jacobus says  Trump  'destroyed' her career in $4M suit