The filing says the tweet was "false and defamatory", arguing that Trump was speaking about Daniels and that he "knew that his false, disparaging statement would be read by people around the world, as well as widely reported".
After Denson sued, the Trump campaign responded with an arbitration action asserting Denson had "breached confidentiality and non-disparagement obligations" by "publishing certain confidential information and disparaging statements in connection with a lawsuit she filed against claimant," according to court filings.
Last September, for instance, he sent an e-mail to MSNBC President Phil Griffin protesting the "false and disparaging statements" allegedly made on an episode of "Disrupt with Karen Finney". In August, he wrote Griffin about a segment on "The Ed Show" that "contained a rehash of distorted and baseless allegations and misinformation" about a certain Koch seminar.
In his latest salvo, Mr. Francis filed a motion last October to have charges dismissed, accusing Mr. Meadows of tainting the jury pool by making disparaging statements against him on national TV and showing a portion of the shower video to "Nightline".
These, he said, included disparaging statements that the companies wanted to stop making against each other.
Mr. Moore's writing includes disparaging statements about women and gender equity.
Mr. Moore's paper trail includes disparaging statements about women and gender equity.
The article, with the headline "The Runaway General," quoted people identified as senior aides to the general making disparaging statements about members of President Obama's national security team.
Mr. Schumer is also expected to ask Mr. Hagel about his disparaging statements about gay people — remarks he has since apologized for — and his views on abortion, particularly his opposition to allowing abortions for women in the military who have been raped, a position that has upset some Democratic women in the Senate.
The billboards never went up, and another group that wanted to oppose Mr Driehaus was scared off.Mr O'Rourke argues that "disparaging statements about one's opponent (whether true, mostly true, mostly not true, or entirely fantastic) are cornerstones of American democracy".
In the cease-and-desist letter, Trump's lawyer wrote that Bannon breached three sections of his employment agreement with the Trump Organization by communicating with Wolff, disclosing confidential information and making disparaging statements and in some cases outright defamatory statements about Trump, his family and the campaign.
