Donald Trump awarded legal fees in Stormy Daniels defamation lawsuit

The erstwhile porn prima astatine the bosom of Donald Trump's historical indictment successful New York has been ordered to wage him much than $121,000 (£96,965) towards ineligible fees successful an unrelated case.

Stormy Daniels, alleged to person had an matter with Mr Trump successful 2006, mislaid her defamation lawsuit implicit a 2018 tweet written by the erstwhile US president.

An appeals tribunal justice successful California dismissed Ms Daniel's case, and awarded Mr Trump a outgo for ineligible fees.

Mr Trump has denied the affair.

While some cases impact Ms Daniels, the New York indictment relates to a outgo made to her during the 2016 statesmanlike predetermination - alleged to person been "hush money" to support quiet but not decently recorded.

Ms Daniels, whose ineligible sanction is Stephanie Clifford, sued Mr Trump aft helium called an allegation by Ms Daniels a "total con job" successful a tweet connected 18 April 2018.

In the tweet, Mr Trump dismissed an allegation by Ms Daniels that an chartless antheral had threatened her successful a parking batch to support quiescent astir her alleged matter with Mr Trump.

The lawsuit was dismissed aft 9th Circuit Court of Appeals justice Samuel James Otero said Mr Trump's connection was protected by the First Amendment.

Ms Daniels, 44, was past ordered to wage Mr Trump's ineligible fees successful the magnitude of $293,000, CNN reported.

She appealed, arguing the ineligible fees were excessively high, but lost.

The tribunal recovered that her "argument that the interest petition is unreasonable and excessive is not well-founded," BBC's US media spouse CBS reported.

Ms Daniels was ordered to wage different $245,000 successful fees aft losing that appeal.

And connected Tuesday - arsenic Mr Trump was fingerprinted, escorted by constabulary into a Manhattan courtroom and listened to a justice work him charges of 34 felony counts - Ms Daniels was ordered to wage Mr Trump the $121,972.

Mr Trump's lawyer Harmeet Dhillon celebrated the judgement successful California, penning connected Twitter: "Congratulations to President Trump connected this last lawyer interest triumph successful his favour this morning.

"Collectively, our steadfast obtained implicit $600,000 successful lawyer interest awards successful his favour successful the meritless litigation initiated by Stormy Daniels."