Stormy Daniels: I Want to Depose Trump and Giuliani
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Stormy Daniels: I Want to Depose Trump and Giuliani
The porn star is asking a federal judge to revive her high-profile lawsuit so she can put Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani under oath.
Kate Briquelet
05.24.18 3:02 PM ET
Stormy Daniels is asking a federal judge in California to revive her high-profile lawsuit so she can put President Trump under oath.
Last month, Judge S. James Otero put a temporary stop on Daniels’ case against Trump and his embattled attorney, Michael Cohen. Cohen, who vowed to plead the Fifth in the suit, had requested a stay because of the FBI raid on his residence and office, and the federal probe into his business dealings in New York.
But in court papers filed Thursday, Daniels is asking Otero to reconsider and modify the 90-day stay. The porn actress says her case against Trump can go on without Cohen, as “new facts” have come to light following the court’s order. Those revelations arise from Trump’s comments in a bizarre, long-winded interview on Fox & Friends and his attorney Rudy Giuliani’s statements to Sean Hannity.
Now Daniels wants to depose both Trump and his mouthpiece.
“There’s no limitation as to who we’re going to seek discovery from with the only exception being that we’re not going to seek to depose Cohen during the stay period,” Daniels’ attorney, Michael Avenatti, told The Daily Beast.
“We would likely depose Giuliani, we would likely depose Trump,” Avenatti continued. “We have a whole host of people we want to depose.” Other potential witnesses could include Cohen’s wife, his personal assistant, and individuals associated with First Republic Bank, which Cohen used to pay Daniels.
“Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Trump have once again shot themselves in the foot by making these public statements,” Avenatti added.
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