Trump Is About to Get a Dose of Due Process From Summer Zervos

[DonViejo]

Zervos, who is only seeking $2,914 in damages, cannot be bought off. She wants either an admission or a jury verdict.

MICHAEL DALY
03.20.18 10:31 PM ET

After aide Rob Porter departed the White House amid accusations he had physically abused two ex-wives, President Trump tweeted a question:

Link to tweet

Well, Trump is about to get a dose of it.

On Tuesday, a Manhattan judge dismissed Trump’s effort to deny due process for Summer Zervos, ruling she can go ahead with Case 150522/2017. That is the suit in which Zervos charges Trump defamed her by calling her a liar. She was one of more than a dozen women who accused him of groping and or kissing them.

Trump had sought through his lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, to block the suit, arguing in December that a sitting president cannot be sued in state court. Kasowitz further argued that Trump was too busy leading the free world, and that Trump’s remarks were “political speech” covered by the First Amendment.

In an uncommonly clear 18-page ruling three months in careful making, Judge Jennifer Schechter rejected all that. She offered a simple principle that is a pillar of America’s true greatness.

“No one is above the law,” Schechter wrote.

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[dameatball]

1. Which unfortunate aide gets to explain this "not above the law" stuff to Trump?

[grumpyduck]

2. How do you come up with a figure like $2,914 for damages?

Really, I'm curious.

[BSdetect]

3. Hope he gets charged. Calling your accuser a liar is not "free speech" - its a lie.