Lawsuit May Force Trump To Disclose If He Has Had Treatment For Psychological Problems

[babylonsister]

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/07/24/lawsuit-force-trump-disclose-treatment-psychological-problems.html

Lawsuit May Force Trump To Disclose If He Has Had Treatment For Psychological Problems

By Jason Easley on Mon, Jul 24th, 2017 at 2:56 pm

As part of a lawsuit filed by protesters against Trump for inciting violence during the 2016 campaign, the plaintiffs want Trump to turn over documentation related to any psychological treatment that he has undergone.

Politico reported,

From the moment Plaintiffs filed their Complaint, it has been clear that their primary objective has been to use the court system and the discovery process to inflict maximum political damage on President Trump,” Trump’s attorneys wrote. They dismissed as “clearly irrelevant” the request for the tax returns and another request for the identities “of all medical providers from whom Trump has sought or received any psychological and/or psychiatric and/or mental health treatment or counseling.

The most damaging request in the lawsuit isn’t related to Trump’s tax returns. There are enough investigations and lawsuits against the President to make sure that those come out eventually. The real potential for damage is the request for records related to Trump’s mental health. There has been an increasingly large volume of reporting from within the White House about Trump’s mental state.

If it were ever to be proven that the President has any mental health issues, it could be grounds for his removal from office, but more likely, it would doom any potential Trump reelection bid in 2020.

Trump has shown signs of at best not being physically and mentally able to keep up with the job of being president. At his worst, Donald Trump has shown signs of mental illness.

It might be up to the courts to give the American people the information on his health that Trump has been working hard to hide.

[loyalsister]

1. If this flies

Kiss medical privacy for ourselves goodbye.

[VermontKevin]

4. I find myself in the same position as when Limbaugh was prosecuted. These are private matters.

Private for everyone.

And let's face it, there's no way Trump has ever submitted to the discipline of therapy and self-discovery.

[loyalsister]

6. These tactics would have killed FDR's candidacy and presidency

I agree about Trump and therapy. Nothing has suggested to me that he is not consumed by a belief that the world revolves around him. It's actually a legitimate conclusion as he has been able to finance confirmation of it.

[NightWatcher]

2. look at him. Of course he hasn't been treated.

[patricia92243]

3. Agreed. n/t

[Quanta]

7. Bingo!

[Lee-Lee]

5. It won't fly and we should hope for all our privacy it doesn't

Last thing we want is anyone to find an excuse to sue us and then use it to dig into anything in our background.

If they were asking for that and there was a possibility it could be relevant what would likely happen is the judge would order them released to himc he would decide if it was relevant, and only if it was relevant to the trial would it go to the defense- and likely then with a gag order.

[TomSlick]

17. Agreed

Trump's mental health is not relevant to any issue in the case. His mental records are not relevant to any issue in dispute. Any request for medical records would not be reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of relevant information.

It's important that we don't loose all our rights to privacy and security of privileged information just because someone sues us.

The fact we don't like the defendant in this case does not provide a reason to cheer a danger to privacy of medical and mental health records.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Of course he hasn't been treated. Do you think a dipshit narcissist like that would EVER admit to

the need for psychiatric help, let alone discuss his "problems" with anybody?

Even if he was forced to go, it would never work on someone like that. He is incapable of admitting that he is not perfect in every way. He couldn't even begin the process of getting better. He'll always be like this and he will only get worse, never better.

[PatSeg]

9. Trump's psychologist

will write a letter declaring his mental health to be "extraordinary" and all his tests came back "positive". He will be the sanest "individual ever elected to the presidency" and his mental state is "astonishingly excellent".

[dalton99a]

10. Dr. Kim Jong-Un concurs

[PatSeg]

11. Ha, ha, ha

What a great photo!

[ehrnst]

12. He would never seek treatment. He'd just go fuck someone, preferably underage

if he had a moment of self doubt.

[LiberalArkie]

13. Trump would have never gone to his doctor about any mental problem nor a shrink.

He is the type person who would never, could never accept that he and his family are not perfect in any and all ways.

[SCantiGOP]

14. I helped my sister through a bitter divorce

I couldn't believe her ex was able to get copies of her psychiatrist's file. She had gone to the doctor to help her cope with her abusive husband.

[BigmanPigman]

15. If he did and his psychologist was anywhere near as hightly regarded as his medical doctor

his treatment probably wasn't top notch. If he had a legit doctor he'd still be in treatment.

[panader0]

16. Is there really anyone who doesn't believe he has psychological problems?