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"A woman who said Donald Trump groped her has subpoenaed his campaign for documents about “any woman alleging that Donald J. Trump touched her inappropriately.” Trump has denied her accusations and is fighting the subpoena."

A high-stakes legal showdown is brewing for President Donald Trump, as a woman who said he groped her has subpoenaed all documents from his campaign pertaining to “any woman alleging that Donald J. Trump touched her inappropriately.”

The previously unreported subpoena was issued in March but entered into the court file last month. The White House did not respond to a request for comment, nor did Trump’s attorney.

Summer Zervos, a former contestant on the Trump’s reality TV show The Apprentice, accused Trump of kissing and grabbing her when she went to his bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel in 2007 to discuss a possible job at the Trump Organization. After Zervos made the accusation last October, just weeks before the election, Trump denied her accusation and called it a lie.

She responded by suing him for defamation. As part of that suit, her lawyers served a subpoena on his campaign, asking that it preserve all documents it had about her.

They also asked for “all documents” concerning other women who have accused Trump of groping them, including Jessica Leeds, Mindy McGillivray, Rachel Crooks, Natasha Stoynoff, Temple Taggart, Kristin Anderson, Cathy Heller, Jill Harth, and Jessica Drake. The subpoena seeks “all documents concerning any accusations that were made during Donald J. Trump’s election campaign for president, that he subjected any woman to unwanted sexual touching and/or sexually inappropriate behavior.” Last year, Trump tweeted a blanket denial, saying, “Nothing ever happened with any of these women.”

Trump's lawyers have sought to have the suit dismissed or at least delayed until he is out of office. His lawyers argued that he is protected from civil lawsuits in state court while in office. They also made a number of other claims in a July filing, among them that the entire suit is politically motivated and that Allred is using it to dredge up ammunition to impeach him. As for the subpoena, they argued that it is "far reaching" and "seeks wholly irrelevant information intended solely to harass the president."

Last month, Zervos’s attorneys rejected that accusation and provided the subpoena as evidence.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/jessicagar...s-from-assault?utm_term=.lag0LDajA#.dyMPZvnDY

 

[Ever]

then trump does something stupid or crazy and we forget about this while legal ninjas descend on the woman and the case is "settled out of court."

just call me prophet

 

[Electric Eye]

Clinton did it too in 3, 2,...

 

[Vestal]

Clinton did it too in 3, 2,...

Butter

 

[Escape Goat]

I don’t think he’s protected from stuff he did before he was president

 

[Brandon F]

Clinton did it too in 3, 2,...

AND she did it under Obama's orders!

 

[Ithil]

The only response from his base will be "BUT BILL?" without ever actually addressing what Trump did.

 

[Nappuccino]

Good.

 

[Hazu]

Trump probably has a great deal ready for that!

 

[RDreamer]

Good. Trump really needs to be hammered for this shit, and now's a perfect time. Seriously, I had kind of forgot because so many things happened between, but was reminded yesterday of his response to the accusers. He said "She wouldn't be my first choice."

How the fuck we elected this man is beyond me.

 

[Nordicus]

Good that this thing hasn't gone away yet

 

[Shoeless]

Good. Trump really needs to be hammered for this shit, and now's a perfect time. Seriously, I had kind of forgot because so many things happened between, but was reminded yesterday of his response to the accusers. He said "She wouldn't be my first choice."

How the fuck we elected this man is beyond me.

White people are willing to overlook a lot when they're afraid of everyone else.

 

[Azuran]

Wasn't he planning on suing all of these people right after the election was over?

lmao so much for that.

 

[WedgeX]

Trump has already confessed to sexually assaulting women in 2005 with the Access Hollywood tape. If the world hadn't gone sideways in 2016 this would seem like an easy criminal or civil case.

 

[GrizzleBoy]

Was actually wondering if all this recent outing of predators would come at Trump too.

Especially all the talk about people not being scared to come forward etc.

 

[whitemex88]

AND she did it under Obama's orders!

Wrong Clinton

 

[Scuffed]

I hope he is fully exposed. If there was a time to do it it would be now.

 

[Imperfected]

If a subpoena for information about women you've assaulted qualifies as "far-reaching" for you...

 

[Ogodei]

Bill actually did try something like this, and lost in the Supreme Court per Clinton v Jones. The President is not immune from civil suit unless they could demonstrate that the civil suit would interfere in the performance of their duties (and given that Trump seems to have plenty of time to go golfing, that'd be a hard argument on his part).

 

[jroc74]

I don’t think he’s protected from stuff he did before he was president

Yeah but he still got elected... Hopefully this sticks.

Trump has already confessed to sexually assaulting women in 2005 with the Access Hollywood tape. If the world hadn't gone sideways in 2016 this would seem like an easy criminal or civil case.

Like it's been stated already, the fact he even got elected is still mind boggling.

 

[Slime]

I just don't think Trump's supporters have enough of a moral center to have a problem with sexual assault.

 

[poppedcollar69]

Good. Trump really needs to be hammered for this shit, and now's a perfect time. Seriously, I had kind of forgot because so many things happened between, but was reminded yesterday of his response to the accusers. He said "She wouldn't be my first choice."

 

[SoundofSilence]

then trump does something stupid or crazy and we forget about this while legal ninjas descend on the woman and the case is "settled out of court."

just call me prophet

Remember all the women that came forward in late 2016? That's about to happen all over again.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

Edit: This is not NFL thread

 

[Cuburt]

If there are documents allegedly during the campaign, could this be swept into Mueller's investigation? Maybe due to looking at his lawyers communications and any potential other cover ups? I wouldn't be surprised if they tried sweeping all their dirt under the same rug.

 

[tonysidaway]

Edit: This is not NFL thread

Yep, this is the women's hardball thread.

 

[Diablos]

It's bad press for him, sure, but if Access Hollywood didn't sink him I don't know what will. Unless there's another tape or something that's even worse.

 

[Forgotten_Taco]

AND she did it under Obama's orders!

Also for a satanic ritual that took place at Six Flags Great America.

 

[tonysidaway]

If there are documents allegedly during the campaign, could this be swept into Mueller's investigation? Maybe due to looking at his lawyers communications and any potential other cover ups?

First instance of the all-important C word.

This could well prove to be relevant to other investigations, but sadly it may not be the most promising avenue of investigation for Mueller.

 

[Aeriscloud]

Also for a satanic ritual that took place at Six Flags Great America.

Which she did, while killing Benjamin Ghazi.

 

[Air Zombie Meat]

Milkshake duck!

Spoiler

joke

 

[MetalGearZed]

Clinton did it too in 3, 2,...

Butter Husband

 

[old]

Flynt should pay her millions to avoid settling and force a trial.

 

[Link]

I just don't think Trump's supporters have enough of a moral center to have a problem with sexual assault.

Remember, it's both the worst, most heinous thing ever because Bill did it, but simultaneously no big deal that Trump did it... because Bill also did it.

This is the logic we're working with.

 

[Snaku]

Flynt should pay her millions to avoid settling and force a trial.

This.

 

[Deleted member 80556]

Can't wait for all those Republicans that impeached Clinton to come out and turn on Trump! /s