Trump's been served.

[MelissaB]

Link to tweet

Trump has received summons from the court in the historic Maryland and DC emoluments lawsuit against the president. We're proud to be working with @AGKarlRacine and @BrianFrosh on the case.

Link to tweet

[IluvPitties]

1. Let the games begin!

[politicaljunkie41910]

56. The good thing is that he's not capable of telling the TRUTH. It's not in his DNA. He'll lie about

something when he's questioned by Mueller's group, and it will be Game, Set, Match. I'll take in anyway we can get it.

[Kirk Lover]

2. Keep the lawsuits coming...we're just giving this trashbag what he wants, he loves litigation...

OK fucker you gonna get it.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Good. Sure Obama or Hillary would have been impeached the day after inauguration

for this but this is better than doing nothing.

[safeinOhio]

4. No problem, he turned

it over to his lawyers.
Wait a minute, he doesn’t have a lawyer any more.

[Volaris]

5. Does that mean he's just gonna show the fuck up and try to answer questions?

I know he's out of lawyers, but there has got to still be somebody left in the WHCounselsOffice that WONT let him do that? Right?
Somebody?
Bueller?

[onetexan]

35. He can issue himself a law degree from his own Trump U

And represent himself

[scarytomcat]

46. the White House counsel is the country's lawyer not Trumps

he needs to retain is own counsel at his own expense

[longship]

14. But, but, but, how about Jay Sekulow?

Drumpf could send him to pray them into submission. After all he graduated from Pat Robertson's law skool.

[paleotn]

15. That's like having Joe Shmo from the local tavern represent you.

He's watched a few episodes of Perry Mason and LA Law. How hard can it be?

[Scarsdale]

36. Wonder "wife" - oops daughter

Ivanka will represent him. After all, according to tRump she is "beautiful and smart" Too bad she hides both qualities so very well, doesn't she?

[argyl]

40. By those standards Stormy could represent him.

Oops, since Stormy is the plaintiff she couldn’t very well represent him.
Guess that leaves Karen MacDougal.

[opiate69]

24. I hear this guy is available

[lunatica]

34. He should Call Saul

[burrowowl]

6. Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Need to get some popcorn and beer!

[triron]

7. Good. Fuck the traitor.

[Va Lefty]

17. THIS!

[yuiyoshida]

20. THAT!

[LuckyLib]

8. The squeeze begins!

[magicarpet]

19. Bread and circus.... Unleash the Lions....

Tear the Orange Lard Ass to shreds.

Oops... I mean.... may justice prevail.

[MontanaMama]

25. Bwaaahaaaaa!

That was perfect....

[triron]

9. kick for visibility

[Generic Brad]

10. And this wasn't even driven by Mueller!

I would venture to guess he has been blind sided.

[njhoneybadger]

11. Better find some more lawyers Ass Clown

[ChazInAz]

29. yeah.....

How about a court-appointed public defender?

[True Blue American]

43. Might as well. Trump will not pay them anyway!

[flibbitygiblets]

12. Finally, Rump's sheer awfulness has actual consequences: No one will represent him

THAT is ultimately what will take him down.

[queentonic]

13. Public Defender

After the Dumpster is forced to liquidate, perhaps he would qualify to have a public defender as his attorney.

[47of74]

16. Awaiting the 5am tweet storms.

[True Blue American]

44. Thank you:)

[erlewyne]

18. I seen the Wall .... 1968

I am a member of the Democratic Underground.

I am not a hero but I was there. I was drafted and did not
want to be there. I was a 11b10 (infantry). I have lots of stories
to tell. I guarded the fence. No shit. I guarded at Spandau.

I paid for Social Security while in the service. If. we ever build a wall
separating Mexico I will denounce my citizenship! I was there in
the infantry for our country and now I feel betrayed.

I was there in 1968 for you!!! Not for me.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

38. Glad you are here, erlewyne!

And thank you for your dedicated service. I assume you're talking about this place: "The Spandau Prison, built in 1876, was used to house Nazi war criminals who were sentenced to imprisonment at the Nuremberg Trials."

The vast majority of Americans do not want walls separating us from our neighbors. This is nothing more than an element of the racist fear the GOP has been pushing in the media for decades. I think some of them would like to go back to the days like in the South where there were separated sections of town where all the blacks lived.

Good to have you here on DU!.........
.

[Hekate]

21. Kick his ass -- oh, and Rec this OP

[TeamPooka]

22. This suit is important. Trump is engaged in pure corruption right now, accepting foreign money

at his businesses without.
If the courts or a jury allow this "we the people" are screwed.

[getagrip_already]

23. Is this a civil or a criminal complaint?

It sounds like a civil court action.

What are the penalties? I don't think the constitution specifies any.

[democratisphere]

26. Drum roll with cymbal crash!

The beginning of the end has begun!

[elocs]

27. I can't wait...

because this is going to end up being just like that time when Bush and Cheney got frog-marched to The Hague.

[samnsara]

28. drink up!

[procon]

30. They're coming at him from all sides and he's got nowhere to hide,

no top tier lawyers or advisors, no friends, no plan, no way out. Maybe it's only a matter of time before he throws in the towel and hightails it back to Mar-a-Lago, thinking all his troubles will be over and he can go back to 2nd rate schmuck.

[dameatball]

42. The nice part is that "throwing in the towel" doesn't help in these types of suits, as far as I know

he is still cordially invited to quit however.....

[arthritisR_US]

31. If this is true, you made my day! 😊

[Hassler]

32. Does Comrade Dennison get a court appointed attorney?

[raven mad]

33. I had just walked out of my doctor's office with not good news.

This popped up on the phone, and I sang all the way home!

[dembotoz]

41. hope things improve...there are more important things than getting rid of trump

[raven mad]

45. They will, dembotoz, my own fault anyway.

As long as we've lived in ice & snow, I should know which damn boots to wear for any outdoor task. Goofed and fractured my pelvis. Bed rest, PT, and meds.

Besides it made me so mad, I doubled down on sTrumpet!

[dembotoz]

48. do not know your age and i am not asking....

as i took care of my even more elderly mom, falls like that were a huge fear.

saw too many times...crack a hip and instant trip to the nursing home.....

As i grow older i become more aware of this type of stuff and am much more careful.

DO take care of yourself

[raven mad]

49. I'm a lean & mean 64. Doc says more calcium.

No real bone problems at last scan, 8 months ago but we're scheduling another for next month to stay on the goddess' good side! Really just a freak accident. Had to remove 22 pounds of fresh snow from self, however... We live pretty rural but close enough to Fairbanks, the EMT's & bus took 6 whole minutes.

NEXT TIME, loving spouse, YOU get to shovel the stairs!
😛🐱🐧🌆

[KY_EnviroGuy]

37. K&R. Here's the CREW discussion of the suit.

See: https://www.citizensforethics.org/press-release/17451/

and this is the complaint (pdf):
https://s3.amazonaws.com/storage.citizensforethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/23222937/Complaint-17-458.pdf

Very impressive group of lawyers working on this one.
(snip)
"CREW is represented in the case by an all-star team of top constitutional scholars, ethics experts and litigators who have combined to argue 45 cases before the Supreme Court."

..............

[Nitram]

39. YES!

[sixsixsick]

47. Take 2

Hopefully this will turn out better than the last suit which was dismissed. Seems unlikely, though.

[Wwcd]

52. It all has to start somewhere & this is a good place to begin

I hope he's relentlessly hit with lawsuit after lawsuit , & indictment after indictment until the day he croaks.

[calimary]

55. Welcome to DU, sixsixsick!

I'm no legal expert, but I've still gotta ask: This is not the same thing as a subpoena, correct?

[SayItLoud]

50. BREAKING News: tRUMP flips

...agrees to testify against John Barron in return for the classic addition of Stormy Daniels greatest hits.

[beachbum bob]

51. need to serve about another 100 lawsuits on him for stuff he did before being sworn in so

he can't use "presidential privilege" as a means of dismissing...Love to watch him spend time given depositions and he can't refuse to do that in civil law suits.....

make trump HATE BEING THE BULLS EYE he can't avoid

[meadowlander]

53. For all the Pickles of the world

Who idolise Trump, this is what we call “cascading failure” boys and girls. All you have to do is not pay your lawyers for fifty years and engage in a ton of shady business practices and then be stupid enough to chase the public limelight.

[former9thward]

54. One lawsuit on this was dismissed last December.

Judge dismisses lawsuit accusing Trump of violating Emoluments Clause

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-dismisses-lawsuits-trump-and-emoluments-clause/

The headline "Trump's been served" is somewhat strange. The court just made a decision in this suit today.

Judge allows part of emoluments lawsuit against Trump to move forward

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-allows-emoluments-clause-lawsuit-against-trump-to-move-forward/

The judge threw out most of the case. That aside Trump was served in this case almost a year ago not recently so that is what makes the headline strange like it just happened. Lawsuits don't work that way. A person is not served and suddenly the court make a decision in the case.