Fed-up judge in Trump defamation case against ABC News, George Stephanopoulos refuses demand to push back trial date

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Source: Law & Crime

Nov 14th, 2024, 4:29 pm



A federal court on Thursday denied a request by ABC News and George Stephanopoulos to push back some key dates and proceedings in Donald Trump’s defamation case against them.

In a four-page order, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida declined to reschedule several remaining deadlines related to expert witnesses, discovery, mediation, and various pretrial motions.

Rejecting the request, Chief U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga said she was not convinced that attorney Nathan Siegel needed to travel to Israel for 18 specific days in April to observe Passover.

Currently, the trial is slated to begin on April 7, and is anticipated to last between three to five days. In the joint request for an extension of time, the parties suggested a new trial date of June 9.

Read more: https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/no-reason-for-any-further-delay-fed-up-judge-in-trump-defamation-case-against-abc-news-george-stephanopoulos-refuses-demand-to-push-back-trial-date/

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Full headline: ‘No reason for any further delay’: Fed-up judge in Trump defamation case against ABC News, George Stephanopoulos refuses demand to push back trial date

Link to ORDER (PDF) - https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.664183/gov.uscourts.flsd.664183.40.0.pdf

[cstanleytech]

1. If a sitting president cannot be jailed then he cannot sue as he could lie on the witness stand without consequences.

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2. He's not yet a sitting President. I haven't found any case law supporting the hypothesis that a sitting President cannot

sue. Do you have a case cite?