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Chris Sommerfeldt

Judge orders Stormy Daniels to pay Trump nearly $300,000 in legal fees

Porn star Stormy Daniels must cough up nearly $300,000 to reimburse President Donald Trump for legal fees he accrued in her failed defamation lawsuit, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

The hefty $293,053 price tag includes $1,000 in sanctions that U.S. District Judge James Otero slapped on Daniels over her attempt to "chill" the president's "free-speech rights," according to Trump attorney Charles Harder.

"The court's order, along with the court's prior order dismissing Stormy Daniels' defamation case against the president, together constitute a total victory for the president, and a total defeat for Stormy Daniels in this case," Harder said.

Daniels' attorney Michael Avenatti did not immediately return a request for comment.

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