The day Donald Trump and his lawyers have been avoiding for a long, long time has finally arrived.
The ex-president has been ordered to answer questions under oath in a lawsuit today. On top of that, his attorneys might also have to confirm the date for his sworn deposition in another case, too.
The first lawsuit involves allegations that Trump’s private security detail physically assaulted a group of protesters outside Trump Tower in New York when he was running for president in 2015.
The second lawsuit involves allegations of defamation by former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos, who Trump called a liar in 2016 when she accused him of sexual misconduct in 2007.
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But these are just two cases in an ever-growing mountain of civil suits Trump is facing. There are nearly a dozen pending lawsuits against the ex-president who, until now, was able to delay them all while he was in office.
His lawyers argued he was simply too busy as president to deal with them and, anyway, a sitting president is immune from civil lawsuits, and blah, blah, blah.
But now that he’s a twice-impeached private citizen living in Florida and no longer POTUS, New York state Supreme Court Judge Doris Gonzalez has ordered Trump to appear in a video deposition for the 2015 assault case.
“After defendants spent years unsuccessfully fighting to keep Donald Trump from testifying under oath, we will be taking his testimony in this case on Monday,” the plaintiff’s attorney, Benjamin Dictor, said in a statement. “We look forward to presenting this case, including Mr. Trump’s video testimony, to the jury at his trial.”
As for the Zervos case, Trump has also been ordered by a separate judge to answer questions under oath by December 23.
Now, here’s what people on Twitter are saying about the whole thing…
Donald Trump is currently at Trump Tower in New York to be deposed under oath. Have a nice Monday.
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) October 18, 2021
What are the odds that trump is not going to lie during his deposition today?
— Agolf Twitler Slayer (@bblock29) October 18, 2021
tRump is ordered to give a deposition UNDER OATH in New York on Monday, for a lawsuit filed by protesters.
This should be good!— Holly ?? (@Msdesignerlady) October 18, 2021
Remember when Trump said he could shoot somebody on 5th Ave & not lose any voters. Turns out, he’s testing that theory:
Trump’s been ordered to give taped testimony under oath on Monday for a 2015 lawsuit alleging his security guards punched a protester in the head on 5th Ave.
— anyone_want_chips (@anyonewantchips) October 14, 2021
Well, we finally will get Trump telling the truth because he’s under oath. Also, Bigfoot will emerge from Atlantis riding a unicorn this afternoon.
— pwithm11 (@pwtham11) October 18, 2021
Trump is being deposed on Monday. He will be under oath. He may burst into flames. Google his deposition from the Trump Univiversity case. It's like a bedtime story.
— Paula Poundstone (@paulapoundstone) October 15, 2021
Trump has arrived for his deposition at Trump Tower.
If you are wondering what Trump testifying under oath looks like, here is a clip pic.twitter.com/Qi6eQ6ihUE
— Biden_Squadron (@BidenSquadron) October 18, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Jumilla
Queerty always posts articles with titles like “It’s been a terrible week if your name is Donald Trump” or “Rudy Guilliani’s bad week just got worse” but the amount of actual consequences these people face is next to zero.
If this were 2000, yes these various scandals would be really bad news for a politician or their associates. As it’s 2021, these various scandals will result in nothing happening, and all the people involved will continue to live their lives. So is it really that bad of a week?
Gadfeal
My only concern is that he is prevented from ever taking office again – something that the Democrats should have pursued in January instead of predictably dead-in-the-water impeachment process. A Congressional sanction could have led to future disqualification of Trump from public office.
Instead, they wasted political capital in a futile endeavor, and Trump has continued to use PACs for his personal benefit, and maleficiently maintained influence of “his base”. Even if, as his niece surmised, that he would never again run the risk of “losing”, he is causing havoc in our democracy.
I’m afraid that Biden is strategically making the poor choice of not getting legislation passed that would mitigate or remove the loopholes that crafty Republican masterminds used to repeatedly allow a candidate with a majority of popular votes the “winner” of the presidency. He would have to do away with the filibuster convention – but, if the Democrats lose their wafer thin double majority next year, Trumpian totalitarism would persist like a systemic syphilis in the country. Obama was also unwise in wasting the first year of a double majority in letting internecine fighting about the PACA, when Sn. T. Kennedy was in the last phases of incurable brain cancer; he could have a) been more directive on the parameters of the PACA – not letting the cats in the courtyard fight it out, b) put a time limit of a first draft to 6 months, and c) instituted laws to remove the systematic perversion of democracy caused by SuperPACs, and to force rectiification of “gerry mandering” – essentially, based on the same principle of Apartheid – to allow a minority to maintain political dominance by circumscribing political districts around majority non-Republican voting groups.
Chip
You are so right. I’m getting sick of these headlines. It’s not a bad week or day for any of them. In the end, they will face no repercussions. That is for us poor lower income mortal folk
redzebra1
Gadfeal you are so right! Also Obama failed to legislate against the banks after the GFC. There was like 500 loopholes lobbied for by the banks after his bailouts. So the door is WIDE OPEN for a repeat as well as zero legal accountability NO JAIL for the scum responsible.
Combine that with elections reform political campaign reform he might have pulled it all off before the 2012 election.
Mischief13
Hey Queerty! Why is it that every single awful celebrity/politician gotcha article you run has the same headline, “So-&-So is Having a Terrible Day/Week/Month/Life”? Quit being so lazy and unimaginative and put that tired cliche of a headline to rest. It’s getting really old.
fur_hunter
I want to see his FAT, UGLY A SS being dragged off to prison. And when it happens, I will be doing the Snoopy Happy Dance. I can hardly wait!
MISTERJETT
it would be so nice to see a photo of him in handcuffs that will be in future American history books forever and ever.
GayEGO
That is what I am waiting for, jail time for Trump!
Den
There is no chance he will be dragged off to jail based on decisions in civil court. The most that will happen is that he will have to pay damages and he will face personal humiliation for “losing” yet again. I certainly hope those come to pass, as well as proof of guilt in whatever criminal cases manage o reach the judicial docket!
redzebra1
That’s clearly not happening. He’s been committing crimes since the 1980s in Atlanta (eg. tax fraud in 1983) shoot forward to today and never arrested once. He’s going to die of old age in MaraLago unpunished and the money he stole from the U.S taxpayer never a penny back
LumpyPillows
Wake me up when his paper empire collapses or he goes to prison. Otherwise, let’s ignore the blowhard.
woodroad34
This is the end of the road for the Trump delay tactics. At least in these two cases, we’ll find out if he can get away with his sociopathic lying or not. If he does lie…UNDER OATH…that’s it for him. If he does tell the truth to poignant questions…that’s it for him, too. This is a really big day for us. Bully boy is in a corner with mediocre lawyers at his behest (since the good lawyers refuse to associate with him)
ShiningSex
He’s gross. Anyone who supports such scum is scum. End of story.
avesraggiana
Nothing is going to happen to him. He’s old, he’s rich (allegedly), and he’s white. Old rich white guys almost never have to face consequences for their actions. That’s why they make the news when they do.
Fahd
I enjoy keeping up with bad things that happen to Trump, but I hope covering him isn’t leading to fewer stories about more important going-ons in the gay community.
trojanboy
I could guarantee, nothing will happen to him at all.
GayEGO
This is great! I cannot imagine Trump will do anything but lie and deny, they will have to handcuff him and put him in jail!
Essie
Please wake me when this POS is actually inside a jail cell. Otherwise, I don’t give a sh!t what he says under oath. This fool has never uttered a truthful word in his entire life and odds are he ain’t starting now.
SFMike
I have no doubt that nothing will result from any investigations into the lying Trump crime family as Republicans are now above the law and will become the law once they take back the House and Senate. All gays need to be very worried once they start the push to do to gay rights and marriage that they are doing to abortion rights as they already have said them are planning on coming for them ASAP.
mcflyer54
And yet there continue to be women and LGBTQ people who support the Republicans. Even though the GOP has been very clear about their intentions to stop ALL abortions as well as reverse gay rights, including marriage equality.
jaimedance3
Alot of us don’t care even if he would die tomorrow!
CNY1983
Do you wonder if the same people who say “nothing will happen” actually vote in every election?
avesraggiana
Except for a few local and city council and education board elections, I’ve voted in every election that I was eligible to vote in. I still say NOTHING WILL HAPPEN, for the reasons I’ve outlined before – Trump is an old rich white man. Those guys are almost never held accountable for anything, because it’s old rich white men who’ve always made the rules. The rest of us have just had to suck it up.
Kevan1
If Trump or any of the Republicans who believe in his rhetoric win the 2024 election we will be under an autocracy before we know it.
asa1973
Ugh. Queerly, you’re like a deadbeat dad who keeps promising to spend the day with his kid but never shows up. It’s never going to be a bad week for Trump. We all just need to accept that and move on.
Terrycloth
The list of things / crimes he’s gotten away with is astounding…disregarding subpoenas too..for that alone lock him up until he talks. And not plead the fifth..he’s caught between a rock and a hard place. Tell the truth ,( novel idea) screwed. Lie ( compulsive habit ) screwed again..love to see it all come crumbling down…and fast…
strap2900
Why do you commenters even read Queerty, if all you can do is complain about their content. You sound like the GOP.
Tombear
We all know Trump is a criminal. Why is he never incarcerated?