Hopkins briefly considered suing the Chicago Tribune for libel after a story that compared him to Grigory Rasputin but was dissuaded by FDR .
Grigory Rasputin is the famous courtier of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia .
Hopkins briefly considered suing the Chicago Tribune for libel after a story that compared him to Grigory Rasputin , the famous courtier of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia , but was dissuaded by FDR .