8 Drudge Motion to Dismiss ('DrudgeMotion'), Declaration of Matt Drudge ('Drudge Decl.

Complaint ¶♡3,16-17.ĭefendant Matt Drudge, a Takoma Park, Maryland native, is aresident of the State of California, where he has lived continuouslysince 1987. Jacqueline Jordan Blumenthal, SidneyBlumenthal's wife, also works in the White House as Director of thePresident's Commission On White House Fellowships. His first day of work as Assistant to the President wasMonday, August 11, 1997, the day after the publication of the allegeddefamatory statement. Sidney Blumenthal worksin the White House as an Assistant to the President of the UnitedStates. Plaintiffs Sidney Blumenthal and Jacqueline Jordan Blumenthal arecitizens of the District of Columbia and have continuously lived inthe District since 1985. Upon consideration of the papers filed by theparties and the oral arguments of counsel, the Court concludes thatAOL's motion should be granted and Drudge's motion should bedenied. ('AOL') and a motion todismiss or transfer for lack of personal jurisdiction filed bydefendant Matt Drudge. He's brought in to work on communications strategy, special projects themeing - a newly created position.Įvery attempt to reach Blumenthal proved unsuccessful.Ĭurrently before this Court are a motion for summary judgmentfiled by defendant America Online, Inc. Last month President Clinton named Sidney Blumenthal an Assistant to the President as part of the Communications Team. This story about Blumenthal has been in circulation for years. would not have brought him in if he had this in his background, assures the well-placed staffer. One White House source, also requesting anonymity, says the Blumenthal wife-beating allegation is a pure fiction that has been created by Clinton enemies. Wasn't it Clinton who signed the Violence Against Women Act? to show hypocrisy, Blumenthal would become fair game. If they begin to use Sipple and his problems against us, against the Republican Party.

There are court records of Blumenthal's violence against his wife, one influential republican, who demanded anonymity, tells the DRUDGE REPORT.

The DRUDGE REPORT has learned that top GOP operatives who feelthere is a double-standard of only reporting republican shame believethey are holding an ace card: New White House recruit SidneyBlumenthal has a spousal abuse past that has been effectively coveredup. On August 10, 1997, thefollowing was available to all having access to the Internet:

This is a defamation case revolving around a statement publishedon the Internet by defendant Matt Drudge.

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