Trump could be forced to testify on sexual-harassment allegations - and if he lies...

[DonViejo]

Trump could be forced to testify on sexual-harassment allegations — and if he lies he could be impeached

Hayley Peterson
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Summer Zervos, who accused Trump of sexually harassing her in 2007, is suing him for defamation because he called her and other accusers liars.

Trump's lawyers will argue in a New York court on Tuesday that the lawsuit should be thrown out because he is a sitting president.

But former President Bill Clinton was deposed while he was a sitting president over allegations of sexual harassment by Paula Jones. Later, when he was found to have lied under oath, he was impeached by the House of Representatives.

"People are going to find out who this guy really is," Mindy McGillivray, one of Trump's accusers, told Business Insider.

While everyone's talking about special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation into the Trump campaign's communication with the Russian government, the president's lawyers are preparing for an altogether different case.

On Tuesday, in a New York state Supreme Court hearing, they're expected to try to have a defamation case against the president dismissed. If they fail, the president could be forced to testify on allegations that he sexually harassed more than a dozen women.

The suit was filed by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on "The Apprentice," who claimed last year that Trump "very aggressively" kissed her, groped her breasts, and began "thrusting" his genitals at her in a 2007 meeting at The Beverly Hills Hotel. Her claim is that Trump damaged her reputation when he called her a liar.

The hearing comes amid a torrent of scrutiny around sexual misconduct by powerful men in the US following bombshell revelations regarding years of alleged sexual abuse by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The allegations cost Weinstein his job and, subsequently, women have come forward with a variety of allegations against high-profile journalists, lawmakers, and executives.

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[Initech]

1. Doesn't matter. The republicans don't care.

As long as they're in power, they will continue to not care. We have to vote every single one of those fucking assholes out of office.

[Iliyah]

2. His lawyers will postpone it through many upon many continuances

while stating he's President which exempt him from testifying although President Clinton did but alas, President Clinton is a Dem and is evil.

Hallelujah!

[former9thward]

13. Clinton's lawyers were able to postpone testimony for four years.

So they did a pretty good job.

[Jim Lane]

14. Bear in mind that this is in state court, not federal

Specifically, it's a state court in Manhattan (New York County), where Trump is not popular.

What does popularity have to do with the legal issues? Well, in New York, the judges of the Supreme Court (which, confusingly, is the trial court) are elected. This case has been assigned to Justice Jennifer Schechter. She wasn't elected to the Supreme Court, but was elected to the Civil Court, and is now an Acting Supreme Court Justice. In other words, she won an election in Manhattan.

You can read a capsule bio of her here: https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/judicialdirectory/Bio?JUDGE_ID=K1zVSwvHVYjABpIH7RThvA%3D%3D (I navigated there through eCourts but it should work for direct access).

[maranadem]

3. IF he lies?

[calimary]

8. Welcome to DU, maranadem!

Yeah, no kidding. "IF he lies"! He does have a pretty shitty track record on that score. It's easier to figure out when he HASN'T lied.

[gibraltar72]

4. I've seen tapes of

him under oath he's a goddam mess.

[Nitram]

5. Is there proof of Trump's pussy-grabbing other than what he could claim was

typical macho boasting?

[Turbineguy]

6. Trump would have to switch

to the Democratic party for republicans to impeach him for sex related issues.

[BigmanPigman]

7. If he is so crazy that he believes his own BS

how will anyone be able to catch him lying? He is so screwed up that he doesn't have to pretend at all. On Seinfeld once George said that it is easy to beat a polygraph test since, "If you really believe it, then how is that lying? Heh?".

[thesquanderer]

9. re: "and if he lies he could be impeached" - there's ALREADY stuff he could be impeached for.

What's needed is the will, which will not be forthcoming from a Republican congress.

[Fritz Walter]

10. A precedent regarding a former-President used against a peeResident?

I like to sprinkle a few dashes of Tabasco sauce on my

[milestogo]

11. He lies every single time he opens his mouth

and Republicans don't care.

[trueblue2007]

12. OF COURSE HE WILL LIE, But can they catch him ??