Trump Lawyer: Statements Denying Sex Assault Accusations Were 'Hyperbole' to Convince Voters
by Rachel Stockman | 8:14 am, July 8th, 2017
Late Friday night, President Donald Trump‘s lawyers fired back to a defamation lawsuit brought by former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos who claims Trump made inappropriate sexual advances toward her in 2007.
In a 53-page motion to dismiss, Trump’s attorney, Marc Kasowitz, claims the allegations are false and politically motivated. He also claims that the President is immune from being sued in state court and he asked the judge to either dismiss the case or put it on hold until Trump leaves office at which time Zervos can refile But, also buried in the lengthy motion filed in Supreme Court of New York, was this little gem. Trump’s attorney contends:
<< The Statements — all of which were advanced during a heated political campaign to convince the public to vote for Mr. Trump, and many of which were published via Twitter –constitute non-actionable rhetoric and hyperbole that is protected by the First Amendment. >>
Yes, you read that right, Trump’s attorney said that Trump’s statements denying and denouncing the allegations of sexual assault/harassment can’t be the subject of a lawsuit because— get this—they are hyperbole (dictionary definition: intentional exaggerations) meant to convince the public to vote for him. The lawsuit does not specify which of Trump’s statements we should consider to be exaggerations, but seems to reference more broadly.
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