Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Trump Argues He's Immune From Accuser's Defamation Suit As POTUS

Caitlin Macneal · Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 2:00 pm

A lawyer for President Donald Trump on Monday signaled that he will seek to dismiss a lawsuit filed against Trump in New York, arguing that the President is immune to lawsuits filed against him in state court.

Trump is looking to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed in New York state Supreme Court by Summer Zervos, a past contestant on Trump's reality television show, "The Apprentice." Zervos filed the lawsuit in January, after Trump denied her allegations that he kissed and groped her inappropriately in 2007 at a hotel in Los Angeles.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/lawyer-says-trump-immune-as-president-summer-zervos-defamation-suit

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