Trump Faces Deadline For Questioning In Defamation Suit
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The former president now has a Dec. 23 deadline to undergo questioning in former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos' suit.
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump now has a Dec. 23 deadline to undergo questioning in a former “Apprentice” contestant’s defamation lawsuit over what he said in denying her sexual assault allegations, a court said Monday.
Lawyers for Trump and his accuser, Summer Zervos, have two weeks to try to nail down specific dates for depositions, a legal term for out-of-court, pretrial questioning under oath. Zervos’ also is due by Dec. 23, according to the timeframe set during a Manhattan court teleconference.
Then-President Trump was weeks away from a January 2020 deposition deadline when he won a delay to ask the New York’s top court to consider holding off the case entirely until he was out of office. He argued that sitting presidents couldn’t be sued in state courts.