Trump Cant Dodge Lawsuit Saying He Lied About Groping, Judge Says - Bloomberg

[Leghorn21]

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Summer Zervos, a contender on The Apprentice in 2005, sued Trump in January 2017 in Manhattan state court, alleging he “ambushed” her on more than one occasion starting in 2007, kissing her, touching her breast and pressing his genitals against her.

Trump argued he should be shielded by the U.S. Constitution because it’s too much of a distraction for the nation’s chief executive to face civil claims in state court.

New York State Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Schecter on Tuesday denied the president’s request to throw out the lawsuit or delay it until he leaves office.

"No one is above the law," Schecter said, citing the Paula Jones case against Bill Clinton that said the president doesn’t have immunity and is subject to the law for "purely private acts."

more:
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-03-20/trump-can-t-duck-apprentice-suit-saying-he-lied-about-groping?__twitter_impression=true

[underpants]

1. A distraction from what? Getting to work at 11?

[Dr. Strange]

6. A distraction from golf

A bigly distraction!

[Xipe Totec]

9. The Spanish word for golf is golfo, which has three meanings

1.- Gulf as in Gulf of Mexico

2.- Golf as in the game of golf

3.- A gigolo.

[dchill]

21. Oh. So golfo plays golfo by the golfo. Got it.

[Leghorn21]

7. ...a distraction from ringing up his main man and extending sincerest congrats

[erronis]

16. Photoshopped!l

Vlad's nipple rings have been airbrushed out.

I cry fowl!

[UpInArms]

12. Using his tiny twitter fingers?

(Ewwww!)

[Miles Archer]

27. EXECUTIVE TIME!

Sitting in his bathrobe powering down Egg McMuffins and watching Fox & Friends. How can we possibly expect him to start work before 11?

[poboy2]

2. I'll just piggyback here as its related-

The Stormy Daniels saga could turn into a big deal for Mueller's Trump probe, experts say
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-stormy-daniels-saga-could-turn-into-a-big-deal-for-muellers-trump-probe-experts-say/ar-BBKryZU?li=BBnbcA1

[True Blue American]

19. Now that a second one has sued

Her name opis McDougal. Hope it is not Susan.

[Tatiana]

3. I must say, I'm enjoying the irony of the Paula Jones lawsuit biting a Republican

on the butt.

[YessirAtsaFact]

5. That is delicious irony, well aged and tasty!

[PatSeg]

14. Oh yes

What goes around, comes around..........eventually, if you're patient. Republicans sure to love a "witch hunt" when they are doing the hunting.

[dameatball]

22. As a very wise woman once said "You betcha!"....okay, she was a dip, but I had to make it fit

[LiberalLovinLug]

23. Exactly what I was going to say

Also, just the fact they spent so much of the last term of Bill Clinton on a issue of the President lying about a sexual act.

The precedence.......IT BURNS!

[malaise]

4. Off to the greatest page for thee

#MeTOO will bite you in the ass

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. A distraction from golf? "Executive time" watching TV?

Evenings with Big Macs, KFC and more TV? Anyhow, even if a sitting president can't be indicted (which isn't definitely established), we know they can be sued civilly.

Trump's lawyers must have got their law degrees from Billy Bob's Bait Shop and Law School and thereafter set up shop in the basement of a nail salon in a strip mall in Albuquerque.

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

10. "... too much of a distraction ... to face civil claims ..."

I think this idiot just put his name on a $20 Million lawsuit against a female accuser.

By his own admission he has plenty of time to sue individual citizens.

Thank you, Justice Schecter.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. oh the hypocrisy

TrumPutin lights a fire, gets burned, cries foul.

Hmm. He can't claim it's because of a Mexican judge. Wonder what will be his excuse in this case?

Maybe we will be entertained by the deranged orange twit tweeting about a new witch hunt.

[bitterross]

11. This is when it's fun to watch Republicans reap what they sowed.

They made sure that Bill Clinton couldn't avoid a civil suit while in office. Now 45 has to abide by the same SCOTUS ruling. Eat it GOP! You made the bed, now lie in it!

[left-of-center2012]

13. "too much of a distraction for the nations chief executive"

It would interfere with his golfing?

[lame54]

15. Horny Bill Clinton Slaps Trump In The Ass...

There's your headline

[peggysue2]

17. Remember back in the day?

When Republicans screeched: 'no one is above the law or yes, a sitting president can be indicted or investigations into sexual affairs while in office is fair territory, yada, yada.'

This is where words come back to bite you in the ass.

Popcorn time, people!

[bluestarone]

20. Gives me hope that a sitting president CAN BE INDICTED!!

Maybe wrong in my thinking BUT NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW comment makes me believe this!!

[red dog 1]

25. Me too!

[Leghorn21]

26. Well, idiots new lawyer is all for it:

...diGenova hasn’t always opposed criminal investigations of presidents. In fact, he wrote in a 1997 Wall Street Journal op-ed that it would be good for the country if a president were not only investigated but actually indicted while in office.

“The nation, in fact, could conceivably benefit from the indictment of a president,” diGenova wrote. “It would teach the valuable civics lesson that no one is above the law.”


https://www.vox.com/world/2018/3/20/17117094/joseph-digenova-trump-lawyer-indict-president

[red dog 1]

24. Thanks you, Judge Schecter!

K&R

[Cha]

28. Wow.. good on Judge Jennifer Schecter

Kinda looks like racistrump's chickens are coming home to roost.