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Related: About this forumRuth Marcus: Taking Trump to court: The evidence against a nasty man
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/taking-trump-to-court-the-evidence-against-a-nasty-man/2016/10/21/13b9f0c8-97b3-11e6-bb29-bf2701dbe0a3_story.html?postshare=9381477177508530&tid=ss_fb-bottom&utm_term=.fccbceb15231Taking Trump to court: The evidence against a nasty man
By Ruth Marcus Columnist October 21
Even as the country recoils, justifiably, from the prospect of Donald Trump threatening not to respect the election results, let us not lose sight of the mounting evidence of Trumps mistreatment of women and his offensive debate dismissal of their claims.
At the second debate, Trump claimed that his taped boasting about grabbing women without consent was just that all talk, no action. In the 10 days before the third debate, nine women came forward to dispute that assertion.
So moderator Chris Wallace posed the key question: Why would so many different women from so many different circumstances over so many different years .?.?. all make up these stories?
Trumps response was a characteristically repulsive stew of dishonesty, outright lies, conspiracy theorizing and blame-shifting.
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Imagining this evidence assessed in court isnt just instructive its tempting. Because while the time has long passed for filing charges over the underlying behavior, Trumps description of Stoynoff as a liar and the dishonest writer from People magazine opens the door to a defamation suit.
And the prospect of discovery, including Trump being forced to submit to a deposition. Imagine the man who threatens to sue everyone in sight having to answer questions about his conduct toward women, under oath. What a fitting coda for such an ugly campaign, and for such a, pardon the phrase, nasty man.
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Ruth Marcus: Taking Trump to court: The evidence against a nasty man (Original Post)
babylonsister
Oct 2016
OP
Not "a" deposition, but for each of the 13 women (and counting) he wants to sue...
IllinoisBirdWatcher
Oct 2016
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Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)1. this, below, says it all....and now, it's CUBBY time!
Trumps response was a characteristically repulsive stew of dishonesty, outright lies, conspiracy theorizing and blame-shifting.
ronlit1
(13 posts)2. Has been going on for years
Trump makes it sound like the women have only come forward within the past several weeks to ruin the election, but this has been going on for years.
His wife Ivana accused him of rape years ago, so this really is nothing new.
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,315 posts)3. Not "a" deposition, but for each of the 13 women (and counting) he wants to sue...
He can be deposed by the other side. 13 depositions. 13 times to keep his story straight. I seriously doubt it.
GopherGal
(2,009 posts)4. And the Apprentice Tapes
would likely become subject to discovery.. Gloria Alred has to be thinking "Go ahead, make my day!"