Court Blocks Weissmann’s Exit Plan in Defamation Case

Andrew Weissmann, an anti-Trump pundit,  tried to wiggle out of a defamation lawsuit by Stefan Passantino.

This was in regards to claims of coaching false January 6 testimony.

The court said, “Nice try,” keeping the lawsuit alive.

Looks like Weissmann might need a better defense strategy.

Defamation seems to be the middle name for these folks.

Federal Court Rules Defamation Suit Against MSNBC’s Andrew Weissmann Can Proceedhttps://t.co/KdQcqAiRlZ

— Wendy Kortepeter (@WKortepeter) November 21, 2024

YAYYYYYYYYYYy! About time THIS guy paid a price!!!

Judge — Andrew Weissmann can be held liable for defamation.

Judge Rules MSNBC Pundit Potentially Defamed Trump Attorneyhttps://t.co/IJ4zSphZKe

— Saga (@EllDee369) November 21, 2024

This case was a long time coming for Weissmann.

Breitbart reports:

A federal court has denied a motion by anti-Trump pundit Andrew Weissmann to dismiss a defamation suit by former White House lawyer Stefan Passantino over false claims that he had coached a January 6 Committee witness to lie.

As Breitbart News reported in September 2023:

Former Trump White House attorney Stefan Passantino filed a defamation lawsuit against MSNBC’s Andrew Weissmann, who served as lead prosecutor for former special counsel Robert Mueller, over Weissmann’s claims that Passantino coached discredited January 6 Committee witness Cassidy Hutchinson to lie on the stand.

“Hutchinson’s third-hand testimony that Trump grabbed the wheel of his presidential limousine in an effort to force it to drive to the Capitol was rejected by the people she claimed had told her about it,” Breitbart News reported.

Passantino represented Hutchinson at the time of her testimony before the committee. Many members of the media falsely claimed he coached her to lie on the stand, a claim he has repeatedly denied.

The Federalist reported Wednesday:

In September, U.S. District Court Judge Loren AliKhan denied a motion from MSNBC legal analyst and attorney Andrew Weissmann to dismiss a complaint filed by Stefan Passantino, who represented former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson before she became the Jan. 6 Committee’s star witness.

Weissmann, always surrounding himself with only the finest:

Imagine how delusional you have to be to say that you were an attorney for Barack Obama and that he was always by the book and adhered to the law. To make it even better, she is sitting next to Russia collusion criminal Andrew Weissmann.

This is what happens when no one on the… pic.twitter.com/25OsAleXhk

— The Researcher (@listen_2learn) November 7, 2024