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AZProgressive

(29,322 posts)
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 08:59 PM Jul 2022

Trump is trying to sue two former FBI officials -- but has failed to serve them papers six different

Trump is trying to sue two former FBI officials — but has failed to serve them papers six different times

On Tuesday, Business Insider reported that former President Donald Trump is trying to sue a pair of former FBI officials who have been at the center of a number of right-wing conspiracy theories about the Russia investigation — but that he has failed half a dozen times to locate them for service of the lawsuit.

"Former President Donald Trump has been trying since March to serve former FBI officials Lisa Page and Peter Strzok with a 108-page lawsuit — but hasn't been able to find either of them, according to new court papers," reported Laura Italiano. "Trump 'has attempted service unsuccessfully six (6) times' on both Page and Strzok, with the most recent attempts failing on June 30, his lawyers told a federal judge in Florida."

"The holdup in serving Strzok and Page was revealed in a brief status report on the massive lawsuit, in which Trump accuses lead defendant Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee, former British Intelligence officer Christopher Steele and some 20 Democrats with a sweeping conspiracy to tie Trump to Russia during the 2016 presidential election," said the report. "It's not clear how, or where, Trump's lawyers have looked for the two, who have maintained a separate, but public, profile since their brief extra-marital affair became front page news in 2017 after the DOJ disclosed their private text communications to reporters."

Strzok and Page became targets of GOP anger in part because their private text messages appeared to show animus toward then-candidate Trump, while Strzok was part of the Russia investigation.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-is-trying-to-sue-two-fbi-officials-but-has-failed-to-serve-them-papers-six-times-report/

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Trump is trying to sue two former FBI officials -- but has failed to serve them papers six different (Original Post) AZProgressive Jul 2022 OP
God forbid law enforcement ever say anything disparaging about a criminal suspect they are brewens Jul 2022 #1
Strzok was on TV today, MSNBC I think. Kingofalldems Jul 2022 #2
Something Tells Me Trump Doesn't Want to Find Them. Discovery, Anyone? Indykatie Jul 2022 #3
Chump can't find them kairos12 Jul 2022 #4
So they get to depose Trump? Will there be tapes? Raven123 Jul 2022 #5
Spending some of the money he stole from his gullible deplorables? Justice matters. Jul 2022 #6
I had fun looking at the firms who are defending the defendants in this silly lawsuit LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2022 #7

brewens

(13,538 posts)
1. God forbid law enforcement ever say anything disparaging about a criminal suspect they are
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 09:03 PM
Jul 2022

investigating. I don't think they would want that restriction put on all police detectives and FBI.

kairos12

(12,842 posts)
4. Chump can't find them
Tue Jul 5, 2022, 09:12 PM
Jul 2022

because they aren't located at a Burger King, NRA Convention, MAGA Golf Course, or Gun Store.

Justice matters.

(6,918 posts)
6. Spending some of the money he stole from his gullible deplorables?
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 12:42 AM
Jul 2022

Like that idiot gobermint contractor who lost all his gobermint contracts because he stormed the Capitol to overthrow the gobermint he relied on for all his income and will now spend time in jail!

LetMyPeopleVote

(144,919 posts)
7. I had fun looking at the firms who are defending the defendants in this silly lawsuit
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 02:33 AM
Jul 2022

TFG is represented by two lawyers who have their offices in strip centers. These two firms are really sad. I look at the pleading referenced in this story and there are 8 major national law firms and some very strong regional firms.



https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22079883-trumpvclintonrestrzokpage7-5-22


I am amused that TFG has to hire strip center lawyers because no real lawyer will take this case
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