The DNC argues that Page’s claims of damages to

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The DNC argues that Page’s claims of damages to his business are dubious because he has repeatedly acknowledged and boasted about extensive connections in the energy sector in Russia.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/22/dem...ge-1012548

“As Page makes clear throughout his Complaint, Page has significant business and political ties to Russia,” the DNC lawyers wrote. “Far from believing such Russian contacts were embarrassing or defamatory, Page believed they were an “honor,” and sought out and cultivated these connections.

That these ties to Russia were also of significant interest to media publications and law enforcement due to the allegations (and conclusions) of Russian hacking does not — of themselves — make them defamatory.”

Page declined to comment on the DNC's filing, but referred a reporter to another court submission this week disputing many of the DNC's arguments.

The DNC’s formal response to the litigation says that Oklahoma is not the place to sue over the Yahoo and BuzzFeed stories, even if they were readily available to readers there via the internet.

“Nothing in the record demonstrates that Defendants were aware of Page’s tenuous connection to Oklahoma, and … there are no facts alleged to suggest that Oklahoma was the ‘focal point’ of either the story or of the harm Page purportedly suffered,” wrote the DNC attorneys.

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