Trump fights demand he testify in ejected protesters' suit

[DonViejo]

Source: Politico




By JOSH GERSTEIN 07/17/2017 10:05 PM EDT

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."

In a filing Monday in federal court in Louisville, Trump's attorneys argue that a suit brought by the protesters can be resolved without exploring the motivations for, or intentions behind, Trump's exhortation at the March 2016 event.

"Compulsory deposition of the sitting President of the United States must be treated as a measure of last resort. It cannot be justified unless all other possible grounds of resolving the case have been exhausted, and the deposition is absolutely necessary," the new motion from the Trump legal team argues.

Trump's attorneys, Supreme Court litigator Michael Carvin of Jones Day and Kentucky attorney Kent Westberry of Landrum & Shouse, say there's no plausible interpretation of Trump's words that can be seen as urging an illegal act — particularly since he also said from the podium that day: "Don't hurt 'em."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/07/17/trump-fights-demand-he-testify-in-ejected-protesters-suit-240654

[forgotmylogin]

1. This is what Skype is for.

Get the judge, both lawyers and 45 on a conference call to take his testimony. 20 minutes done. Play it for the jury.

[beachbum bob]

2. ask bill clinton... anything a person does before being sworn in as president is subject

to same rules as the rest of are. No special treatment. Period. A lawsuit and discovery....can't be stopped

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Burn the house down

but don't light any matches.

[DetlefK]

4. Someone REALLY doesn't want Trump to say something under oath.

Can you imagine Trump droning off and blabbing random obviously-false bullshit? UNDER OATH?

[Sunlei]

5. Mr Trump will probably settle like he did for the other about 3,000 times he hurt people & was sued.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Oh, now I get it.

I thought he was being asked to wear an ejected protester's suit so he could testify. He's not, though, is he?

I see.

[uppityperson]

8. The headline is oddly worded and is why I checked out the thread too

[Sunlei]

10. some medias create a headline to get trump word in 'headline' on aggregate news messageboards.

because many people only read headlines in our world.

The word "trump" & "Republican" are almost never used in the same headline on Latest Breaking News 'headlines' submission time sensitive forums.

[turbinetree]

7. When some one "incites" to harm another person and encourages the acts for others or themselves

to inflict harm on another person, that is a against the law.

His attorneys are full of sh*t.

Because remember this ass**** was walking around saying that he would pay for legal fees if people harmed other people, is modis of operandi, can be used as evidence.

[Gothmog]

9. Trump needs to testify in this case

[Jim Lane]

11. It's hard to see why Trump should have to testify

Isn't the whole thing on video? The plaintiffs' lawyers should serve a Request for Admission, demanding that Trump admit that the video is accurate (a true and complete record of what he said), and that he really did say those things. Presumably he'd admit all those points. Then there's nothing to be gained from his deposition. What more would the lawyers ask him that would be relevant to the lawsuit? That he's accused of tortious conduct at this particular rally doesn't make him a free-fire zone for questions about the Russians or whatever.