Trump fights demand he testify in ejected protesters' suit
Lawyers for President Donald Trump are fighting an effort to force him to testify in a lawsuit brought by protesters at a campaign rally in Kentucky last year who say they were roughed up following Trump's call to "get 'em out of here."
The request for a protective order to block Trump's decision is the latest tactic Trump's attorneys have used in an effort to stave off or shut down the suit three protesters filed about a month after the 2016 rally. They named Trump and his campaign as defendants, along with several other individuals, including an alleged white nationalist.
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U.S. District Court Judge David Hale has generally rejected those efforts, ruling in March of this year against the bulk of Trump's attempt to get the suit dismissed on First Amendment and other grounds. Trump's team also argued in a filing earlier this year that he is immune from civil lawsuits while serving as president, notwithstanding Supreme Court precedent to the contrary.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/07/17/trump-fights-demand-he-testify-in-ejected-protesters-suit-240654
Every bit of resistance counts.
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