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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts) Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:25 AM Aug 2018

Can Avenatti force Chump to be deposed?

He's saying so on AMJoy, but how is this different from Mueller getting the traitor-in-chief to talk with him? Is it because Mueller is part of the Justice Dept. and Avanatti is a civilian lawyer?

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Can Avenatti force Chump to be deposed? (Original Post) MoonRiver Aug 2018 OP

Yes he can.. The court has already ordered Trump deposed in the NYC Summer Zervos suit hlthe2b Aug 2018 #1

Awesome! MoonRiver Aug 2018 #2

Well, I'm sure Trump et al could continue to appeal the deposition orders, but so far he's hlthe2b Aug 2018 #6

Civil cases can, although his people will fight and delay it Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #3

yes, its a lawsuit and concerns trumps actions before taking office beachbum bob Aug 2018 #4

Yes, and the reason is that it's a civil case and not a criminal one. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #5

hlthe2b

(102,376 posts)

1. Yes he can.. The court has already ordered Trump deposed in the NYC Summer Zervos suit

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:26 AM

Aug 2018

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See Paula Jones and Clinton...

(Edited to correct Summer Zervos' last name)

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

2. Awesome!

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:28 AM

Aug 2018

So his only option would be to plead the 5th? And that would of course make him look guilty as sin.

hlthe2b

(102,376 posts)

6. Well, I'm sure Trump et al could continue to appeal the deposition orders, but so far he's

Reply to MoonRiver (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 11:00 AM

Aug 2018

been rebuffed and precedence doesn't make it likely he'd prevail.

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)

3. Civil cases can, although his people will fight and delay it

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:30 AM

Aug 2018

And almost certainly will be able to get the judge to have any testimony sealed.

beachbum bob

(10,437 posts)

4. yes, its a lawsuit and concerns trumps actions before taking office

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:32 AM

Aug 2018

Supreme Court already establish the precedence with Jones vs Clinton

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,858 posts)

5. Yes, and the reason is that it's a civil case and not a criminal one.

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Sat Aug 25, 2018, 10:34 AM

Aug 2018

The precedent was established in Clinton v. Jones, where the Supreme Court held that a sitting president could be sued in a civil case for acts done before the president took office. Since a deposition is one of the procedures in a civil case, Paula Jones' attorneys were allowed to take Clinton's deposition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_v._Jones

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