A federal judge in Los Angeles has awarded President Donald Trump nearly $300,000 in attorney fees in a defamation lawsuit filed by Stormy Daniels, the porn actress who alleges she had an affair with the president prior to his election.

U.S. District Judge S. James Otero of the Central District of California awarded Trump $292,052.33—a 25 percent reduction of the total $389,403.11 in fees and costs the president and his lawyers at Harder LLP requested after the judge dismissed Daniels’ defamation claim in October.

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