Elie Honig, CNN, RE Epstein - "We will see depositions of Trump; he's the plaintiff." [View all]
I don't believe this for a second. Trump's attorneys will file motions to dismiss, then they will appeal, and they will do what Trump has done with every other legal challenge he's faced...delay, delay, delay.
And not only do we know it exists, let's remember how we saw this letter. The House subpoenaed it from the Epstein Estate, and that's exactly consistent with the Wall Street Journal's reporting that this letter was sent to Jeffrey Epstein. Turns out it was exactly where one would expect it to be based on the Journal's reporting.
Following the trove of Epstein files published Monday, Trumps lawsuit against the Journal has now reached a crucial moment, Honig said, and one that, under certain circumstances, could backfire strongly on the president.
If the motion to dismiss is granted, well then case is over, defendant wins, but if not, then we get into discovery, Honig said.
Then the parties have to give each other documents, then we get into under oath depositions, and that could mean if this survives the motion to dismiss then we're going to see depositions of Journal personnel, under oath, and certainly we will see depositions of Donald Trump; he's the plaintiff. He absolutely will be put under oath in his own case and examined by lawyers for [the] Journal, if this survives the motion to dismiss. But I think that just got a lot less likely.
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