Bill Maher cleared in defamation suit over joke that Laura Loomer was fking Trump

A federal judge dismissed far-right provocateur Laura Loomer’s defamation lawsuit against HBO and Bill Maher over his joke that she was “f–king” President Trump.US District Judge James Moody wrote in his Wednesday ruling that Maher was joking when he said Loomer was sleeping with Trump during a September 2024 episode of his HBO show “Real Time with Bill Maher.”The episode came at “a time when the environment was rife with jokes and speculation about Loomer’s relationship with President Trump,” and “no reasonable person” would take the comments as fact, the judge wrote – adding that there was even laughter from the audience.In the September episode, Maher said: “She’s 31, looks like his type.We did an editorial here a few years ago … it was basically, who’s Trump f–king? Because I said, you know, it’s not nobody.

He’s been a dog for too long, and it’s not Melania.”“I think we may have our answer this week.I think it might be Laura Loomer,” Maher said.Moody also ruled that Loomer failed to prove she “suffered damages” to her reputation or finances, especially after she testified that her income in 2024 was higher than in previous years.Trump also “continues to solicit her opinions” and invite her to the White House, the judge wrote.Loomer lashed out at the ruling in a Wednesday post on X, writing: “It is beyond the pale for any judge to say that a woman can be accused of having sex with a man and have it be brushed off as ‘a joke’ just because she proclaimed a platonic love for their politics and leadership style.”She blasted the judgment as “totally dishonest and misogynistic,” adding that it “should be reversed on appeal either at the Eleventh Circuit and at the Supreme Court if necessary.”The Post has sought comment from Loomer’s lawyer, a Maher rep and HBO.The dismissal came just a day after FBI Director Kash Patel’s defamation lawsuit against MS NOW contributor Frank Figliuzzi was tossed ...