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Mon Oct 4, 2021, 05:24 PM Oct 2021

Trump faces deposition by Christmas in suit brought by former 'Apprentice' contestant Summer Zervos [View all]

Source: New York Daily News

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Summer Zervos says Trump smeared her name while on the 2016 presidential campaign after she went public with allegations he groped her in separate encounters in 2007.

Michael Rand, a law clerk for Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Jennifer Schecter, set a Dec. 23 deadline for Trump and Zervos’ lawyers to enter all evidence, including depositions from both sides.

Trump successfully stalled the case, which was filed in 2017, through legal arguments centered on his presidential responsibilities. His election defeat to President Biden has cleared the way for the suit to proceed.

“Now, he’s a private citizen,” said Rand.




Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/ny-summer-zervos-donald-trump-defamation-lawsuit-manhattan-supreme-court-20211004-oc2xkue6kzhvdijz5pe7o2n5yi-story.html





perjury

NOUN
law
the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath or affirmation.
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synonyms:
lying under oath · violation of an oath · giving false evidence/testimony · bearing false witness/testimony · forswearing oneself · making false statements · willful falsehood · mendacity · mendaciousness


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