Kasowitz Exits Owens Team in Macron Case
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A lawyer linked to President Donald Trump withdrew from the team defending a former Trump ally, right-wing podcaster Candace Owens, against defamation claims filed by French President Emmanuel Macron, Mike Leonard reports.
Marc Kasowitz, who has represented Trump for decades, didn’t offer any reason for leaving the case in a court filing Tuesday. The lawsuit, filed in Delaware’s Superior Court by Macron and France’s first lady, targets a “relentless and unjustified smear campaign” by Owens, who has repeatedly portrayed Brigitte Macron as a secret trans woman and blood relative ...
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