Just like her boss decades before her, Huma Abedin must exercise damage control in the wake of her husband’s sexual misconduct.

Terry Bollea, whether he is play-acting Hulk Hogan or not, is a public figure. But the plaintiff carelessly conflated newsworthiness with taste and the jury fell for that legal sleight of hand. If this case holds up, the precedent it would set could prove disastrous.