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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,666 posts)
Thu May 17, 2018, 01:25 PM May 2018

New York court says Trump can't delay defamation lawsuit

Source: Associated Press, via Washington Post

New York court says Trump can’t delay defamation lawsuit

By Associated Press May 17 at 12:46 PM

NEW YORK — A New York court said Thursday that former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos can proceed with her defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, at least for now.

The ruling by the Supreme Court’s appellate division means Zervos’ lawyers can press ahead with a demand for Trump campaign documents and other records while they await another appeals court decision that is likely months away.

Trump’s lawyers had asked to put the case on ice until appeals judges decide whether to dismiss it or postpone it past his presidency. That’s likely to take at least until fall.
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Zervos, a California restaurateur, appeared on Trump’s former show, “The Apprentice,” in 2006. She says he subjected her to unwanted groping and kisses when she sought career advice in 2007.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/new-york-court-says-trump-cant-delay-defamation-lawsuit/2018/05/17/2e31ecfe-59ee-11e8-9889-07bcc1327f4b_story.html



JUST IN: In a one-sentence opinion, NY appeals court denies Trump's request to halt Summer Zervos's case against him. (h/t @marygeorgant


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cstanleytech

(26,336 posts)
2. For a defamation suit? Only if he lies under oath otherwise its unlikely to take him down because
Thu May 17, 2018, 01:40 PM
May 2018

his supporters already knew what a worthless sack of shit he is and they continue to support him.

hlthe2b

(102,421 posts)
4. Please... The magnitude of what is coming out secondary to Stormy Daniel's suit and the
Thu May 17, 2018, 01:45 PM
May 2018

mistakes made by Trump, Giuliani et al. is CUMULATIVE> I'm not talking about this one defamation suit ONLY and thus the plural "women".

cstanleytech

(26,336 posts)
5. Yes I am aware of all of that and in a normal world with normal people it would take the person
Thu May 17, 2018, 01:57 PM
May 2018

involved down like it did John Edwards however we are not dealing with normal people we are dealing with a number of deplorable people supporting another deplorable person.

hlthe2b

(102,421 posts)
6. CUMULATIVE
Thu May 17, 2018, 02:00 PM
May 2018

Definition of cumulative
1 a : increasing by successive additions
b : made up of accumulated parts

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
3. republican sexual predator dragging all America into his moral cesspool again
Thu May 17, 2018, 01:44 PM
May 2018

Why can't republican family-values role model Dirty Donny* behave like an honorable human being? Then America would not have to wade through his moral cesspool.


* aka republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief

cab67

(3,010 posts)
7. honest tangentially-related question -
Thu May 17, 2018, 02:13 PM
May 2018

I've heard from several sources that sitting presidents can't be indicted. I don't know whether that's true, but for the sake of argument, let's assume it is.

Can someone be indicted for acts committed as president after leaving office, assuming the statute of limitations hasn't expired?

 

shanny

(6,709 posts)
8. Absolutely.
Thu May 17, 2018, 03:11 PM
May 2018

And I'm thinking that the statute of limitations can be extended under special circumstances.

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