Trump deposed in Peter Strzok and Lisa Page lawsuit

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN Politics

Updated 9:29 PM EDT, Tue October 17, 2023


CNN — Donald Trump was interviewed under oath in New York on Tuesday for a lawsuit related to his time as president and the termination of a Russia investigation-era FBI official. The deposition was conducted by attorneys for the FBI official, Peter Strzok, and former FBI lawyer Lisa Page late in the day on Tuesday, sources familiar with Trump’s schedule say.

The deposition comes as Trump’s obligations in court continue to mount – on Tuesday he also attended the civil fraud trial related to his business inflating its assets. Monday, he was ordered not to disparage possible witnesses, court officers or prosecutors while facing federal criminal charges related to January 6. On Friday, jury selection is set to begin in the first trial of his co-defendants in the 2020 election subversion case in Georgia.

Whether the deposition would be allowed has been an issue fought in court for years, with the Biden Justice Department seeking to shield Trump from giving the testimony, citing legal protections surrounding presidents and their actions while in office. Former President Donald

But the federal courts in Washington, DC, ultimately sided with Strzok and Page. The case, and Strzok and Page’s pursuit of Trump’s testimony, has tested the limits of confidentiality around the presidency.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/17/politics/trump-peter-strzok-lisa-page-deposition/index.html

[ratchiweenie]

1. the Biden Justice Department seeking to shield Trump from giving the testimony, citing legal

protections surrounding presidents and their actions while in office.

So glad the DC judge refused to accept that. It was Trump that brought the suit against Strzok and Page but he was claiming he didn't have to give any testimony about why he was suing them. OMG.

[gab13by13]

3. No, Strzok and Page are suing the Justice Department.

They are claiming that they were fired because of pressure put on Justice by Trump. They are also suing because DOJ released private emails of theirs to the press.

[Delphinus]

4. Thank you

I had forgotten the last part of their case.

[getagrip_already]

5. Correct - the doj was protecting the DOJ....

They don't give a hoot about potus.

[ratchiweenie]

10. Thank you. I had it all confused,!!!

[Roy Rolling]

2. TFG Attorneys

They are his Achilles heel.

Because his life has been using his lawyers and courts to overwhelm and clog the legal system, those legal tactics of being comfortable in the court system means he’s comfortable enough to appear in-person.

To add another analogy, the hunter gets captured by the prey.

[getagrip_already]

6. He was ordered to appear, he isn't doing it voluntarily...

He is his own Achilles heel however.

Where he has appeared voluntarily, he was being sued in a civil suit. In a civil suit, you can take the 5th, but it can be held against you, and a jury can be instructed they can assume you broke the law in response to the question.

So there is a lot of pressure to answer questions, and tiny is stupid, arrogant, and overly impressed with himself.

[tanyev]

7. I assume it boils down to "They said mean things about me!"

[msfiddlestix]

9. Sure wish we could have watched this one.. or transcripts would be available.

probably not available I imagine.

[Escurumbele]

11. The protections in favour of presidents and officials must stop, these people get away with murder

and call it what you want but it defeats the notion that "no one is above the law". Well, those protections make these people stand above the law, but the law should be even more strict for these people who have the authority and the ability to change the path of the USA, their decisions affect the USA people, and many times the World as well, so if they are crooked, which republicans and trump are, then the dire effects their decisions have on everyone must be punished, the full weight of the law MUST be brought against them, they are criminals and they must be treated as such, who cares about their title or former title? If anything trump-the-buffoon has proven is that when you have a criminal in power, the majority of the decisions will be to support a personal agenda and not one that favours the people, why should he be treated differently?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. This makes me smile

[lastlib]

13. When does his perjury trial start?

We know he LIED in his depo--it's what he does. It's in his DNA.

[tclambert]

14. But what happened? How many times did he plead the 5th? How many times was he caught lying?

Did he actually swear an oath to tell the truth? If so, was he immediately struck by lightning?

[IcyPeas]

15. Trump used to mock Strzok and Page at his rallies.