Trump Scheduled For A Deposition Today

[gab13by13]

Trump is scheduled to be deposed in the E. Jeanne Carroll defamation law suit and Trump is furious.

Carroll is going to use the discovery to also sue Trump next month for raping her. A new New York law will go in effect that allows survivors of sexual assaults to sue, eliminating the statute of limitations.

The defamation law suit was filed when Bill Barr was AG and he immediately claimed that defaming Ms. Carroll was an official duty of the president and DOJ would take his place in court. When Barr was replaced by Merrick Garland, Garland did not have to agree with Barr's determination, but he did. The decision of whether what Trump did, defaming Ms. Carroll, is an official duty of the president, will be decided by the DC Appeals court. If it is determined that defaming someone is an official duty of a president it would have huge repercussions, giving a president more power than he already has and making it almost impossible to charge him with a crime he committed while he was in office.

Wish I could listen in on Trump's deposition today.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-expected-to-sit-for-deposition-in-e-jean-carroll-defamation-case/ar-AA138cKK?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=98fcc6fe624245c591f98662aaebebc0

[marble falls]

1. I hope he outdoes himself in a spectacular 45 meets Alex Jones fashion.

[Croney]

2. I hope so too, but I predict he will appear subdued and somber,

due to something slipped into his McDonald's breakfast.

[marble falls]

4. He can flip the script in a heartbeat, being one of his 'handlers' has to be a frustrating job.

[Walleye]

6. The depositions I've seen before he acts as a recalcitrant child. Answers nothing

[gab13by13]

8. His taking the 5th can be used against him in a civil case.

[Walleye]

9. If we ever get past the endless delays.Judge is right, all die of old age 1st

[fightforfreedom]

3. Trump has been losing a lot since he lost the protection of the presidency.

No more corrupt AG to protect him. He is going to lose many more times in the future.

[gab13by13]

5. Roberta Kaplan, Carroll's attorney is a very sharp cookie.

She will run rings around Trump's attorney, unless the DC circuit rules that DOJ can defend Trump.

[spanone]

7. Is there a camera in the courtroom?

[gab13by13]

10. Just a guess that he will do it via video.

[spanone]

11. Probably so.

[gab13by13]

13. Unbelievable, he is being deposed at Mar-el-Loco

[Emile]

12. Let us know if he's above this rape law too.

[gab13by13]

14. With these Magat judges

rape may well become an official duty of the president.

[EndlessWire]

29. Good point

Your points have clarified things that are going on.

[onecaliberal]

15. There is no rape, just a chance at fatherhood.

[Farmer-Rick]

16. Sooooo, why is Garland defending Trump?

"The defamation law suit was filed when Bill Barr was AG and he immediately claimed that defaming Ms. Carroll was an official duty of the president and DOJ would take his place in court. When Barr was replaced by Merrick Garland, Garland did not have to agree with Barr's determination, but he did."

Why are we still protecting Trump from his own crimes?

[gab13by13]

19. Need to ask Garland.

The courts may rule it is not an official duty.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. Technically, Garland is defending the *office*. I disagree, but the matter is before the courts. nt

[Captain Zero]

31. Couldn't Garland just sandbag the defense of this?

Make one of Trump's appointees in DOJ the lawyer. When he loses, fire that guy.
We need to roll more like Trump sometimes.

[Ford_Prefect]

17. He will find a way to insult the court and Ms. Carroll yet again. That's how he rolls.

[gab13by13]

21. He already screwed up on social media

by repeating his slander of Ms. Carroll. Barbara McQuade says that Carroll's lawyer should revise her law suit to include Trump's latest rant because it was done while he was not president.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

27. In a nutshell, what has he said?

[vsrazdem]

18. I read that he doubled down and made the same claims again

yesterday, and to my knowledge, he is not president now, so why can't she just sue him for the statements he made yesterday?

[Danascot]

20. In related news Trump just defamed her as a private citizen

so protection as POTUS no longer applies.

Link to tweet

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Yup. He's toast if the wording is judged defamatory wording. . . . . nt

[Botany]

22. "Trump Scheduled For A Deposition Today"

And sense this is part of a civil trial any time he takes the 5th they can be seen as guilty pleas.

I hope the judge orders Trump to give up a DNA sample.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-due-to-be-deposed-in-writers-defamation-suit-over-rape-claim/ar-AA1399fW

[keithbvadu2]

26. Defaming someone is an official duty of a president?

Defaming someone is an official duty of a president?

How in holy Hell can that be considered valid?

[gab13by13]

28. I wonder if his going on social media

and doubling down defaming E. Jean Carroll will have any influence on the DC court deciding if what he did as president was an official duty?

[milestogo]

30. Maybe he'll have a heart attack from all the rage.

[iemanja]

32. Did he turn up?