Jacqui Smith to Fight U.S. Shock Jock Michael Savage's Libel Claim
Daily Mail, June 2, 2009
By Simon Walters
Britain's Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will fight defamation proceedings launched against her by a U.S. 'shock jock' barred from entering the UK, the Home Office said. Broadcaster Michael Savage has employed a top UK law firm to sue Smith for libel after she put him on the Home Office's 16 'least wanted' list.
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