11-29-2024, 01:25 PM
Ombligo wrote:
It is still on appeal, he has posted a $90 million bond but that is held until the appeals court rules. Since this is an appeal, the case should move forward. What could derail it is if the court orders a new trial. Then everything would likely wait until he is out of office.
When did that change? When the Paula Jones civil suit was initiated against a sitting president (Bill Clinton), the SCOTUS decided (unanimously!) that the president had plenty of free time to defend himself against civil suits, and that no one was above the law, even when it was a civil suit funded by the Scaifes and other political enemies of the president.
As we probably all remember, the case (involving an allegation of a very clumsy but brief exposure of genitalia in a hotel room - no contact) was ultimately settled for $850K only after it was dismissed in court for lacking legal merit, as the Federal judge ruled that Jones did not prove damages. even if the event had occurred as alleged.
But honest-to-God sexual assault, as adjudicated by a jury? The current president can’t be bothered by that now?