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Carter Page filed a lawsuit against the DNC, Marc Elias and the DNC's law firm back in October. Here is a link to the original petition filed in that case https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2179974
The DNC has moved to dismiss and Carter Page file a reply brief that is hilarious. Evidently Carter Page could not find a lawyer and wrote this brief himself. There is a maxim that a person who represents himself has a fool for a client. Here is a fun article with the five top dumb things in Carter Page's brief https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/top-5-weirdest-things-in-carter-pages-latest-filing-in-lawsuit-against-dnc/
Carter Page has submitted this filing all by his lonesomeor, at least, without help from a named attorney. This is generally advised against in high-profile cases, especially those in federal court. While Page makes clear that he is currently studying the law, his inexperience shines through in ways large and small. References to legal standards are occasionally clumsy, rendered fancifully and off-baseor, as noted above, simply missing altogetherand Page repeats the same typo some 80-plus times.
Theres also several instances of languages atypical of federal court filings.
The Page filing makes the following broadside generalization: During the months before the 2016 Presidential election, the Defendants committed torts previously unseen in the history of the United States and without precedent in the annals of American law.
Theres also this:
The Defendants unluckily gambled in 2016 with high hopes that some of the defamatory dirt spread with their defamatory Dodgy Dossier deck might fertilize. Now, the [motion to dismiss] doubles down on their imprudent bets.
I have looked and I could not find any reference to any law school where Page is attending. Does anyone know if Page is actually in a law school?
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)You can go to the link in this tweet and read the brief
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Have fun
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5668080-Response-in-Opposition-to-Motion.html
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)If his case had any merit he'd have been able to find a lawyer to represent him and wouldn't have to do it himself - although he could be one of those Dunning-Kruger exemplars who think they're so smart they don't need a lawyer.
FreepFryer
(7,077 posts)mahina
(17,696 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)I can't find anything about him going to law school though.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)Page seemed to think that if he talked enough, people would think he was well-informed. In fact it was the reverse.
Yup.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)and he's moving to Oklahoma. There are a lot of words. A nice crunchy word salad that makes no fucking sense at all.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Being accused being a Russian spy will not go over well with the bar examiners
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,414 posts)He's been mainlining Fox and Rush while consulting with Newt Moonbase Gingrich and Alex Demonic Possession Jones.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Gothmog
(145,554 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)No actual lawyer wrote that hot mess.
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)The Oklahoma office only has one attorney listed
Vinca
(50,303 posts)Captain_New_York
(161 posts)As a former army officer I have to point out the predominance of weird Navy guys in this disaster of an administration. Page, Bannon, Spicer. I know we have Benedict Flynn in the Army. Maybe since the navy ( with the exception of special ops and flyboys) havent fought a battle in almost 75 years ( Leyte Gulf in WW II)
Having had the misfortune to serve in combat, I know there is nothing that reveals character like being in fear for your life. Most of the Navy never have that opportunity
Gothmog
(145,554 posts)Link to tweet
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