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https://politicalwire.com/2023/02/23/judge-orders-deposition-of-trump/
Judge Orders Deposition of Trump
February 23, 2023 at 3:33 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 43 Comments
A federal judge has agreed to permit former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page to take sworn testimony from former President Donald Trump for two hours as part of their long-running lawsuits related to Strzoks firing in 2018 after Trump repeatedly and publicly pilloried the pair, Politico reports.
MLAA
(17,288 posts)are always high that the misfit cacophony of idiots TFG calls lawyers will do something stupid.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)MLAA
(17,288 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)So the Fifth Amendment may not be available.
Jarqui
(10,123 posts)decision to invoke it.
Plaintiffs lawyers will probably be trying to get him to invoke it. Costs them nothing to try ...
Trump tried to sue them along with Hillary Clinton and 20 or so others but got nailed with $1 mil sanction
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-orders-trump-pay-1m-frivolous-lawsuit-clinton-comey-schiff
multigraincracker
(32,674 posts)require a majority vote.
Any lawyers able to answer this question?
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)soldierant
(6,857 posts)IANAL, but Glenn Kirshcner has covered this dichotomy multiple times.i
agingdem
(7,849 posts)opening statement...and then he'll take the 5th...
lostnfound
(16,177 posts)Outrageous abuse of power, disgusting and hypocritical to attack them so publicly over something trump has done his entire life without any regrets.
Vinca
(50,269 posts)Trump going on, who can keep track? Hope they take him for a huge pile of cash . . . even if it does come from his donors.
meadowlander
(4,395 posts)If only we could institute a special tax so that only Trump supporters had to pay for all the lawsuits against the federal government he provided grounds for.
MLAA
(17,288 posts)Con out of those poor trumpets 😵💫
spanone
(135,830 posts)malaise
(268,968 posts)Judge says Trump can be deposed in lawsuits by ex-FBI officials whom he publicly attacked
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/judge-says-trump-can-deposed-lawsuits-ex-fbi-officials-publicly-attack-rcna72077
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)It's not the same thing as a trial, and there's no jury present.
Still ... it would be great if Chump starts flapping his yap. Maybe the lawyers will trigger Chump into saying stuff that can go against him later. There's a very good chance that this will be kept under wraps though. Especially if Chump settles and agrees to pay damages, rather than go to court.
We'll see.
niyad
(113,284 posts)MLAA
(17,288 posts)Delmette2.0
(4,164 posts)progressoid
(49,988 posts)They are going to be soooo triggered.
MLAA
(17,288 posts)liberalla
(9,243 posts)I'm happy for them. It will be interesting to see what they learn... Also, how much of a tantrum he throws... and how long he can drag it out. I expect this lawsuit is not a major, MAJOR concern for him with all the possible criminal cases swirling around, but it's one more thing not going "his way."
MLAA
(17,288 posts)in the room perhaps he will be baited into saying or doing something stupid 🙂
moniss
(4,231 posts)I will save the court reporter a great amount of time. The entries will all be "I don't remember" and "5th".