Roberta Kaplan: The Trump Hunter

[TC Talks]

I hope they develop all of Trump's lawsuits into a television series. he's got a whole heap of trouble coming to him, but since he's been such a deplorable person his entire life he's used to it.

On the other side of Donald Trump’s turbulent presidency, the lawyers are waiting.

Leaving aside his Senate impeachment trial, mounting government investigations include a civil probe by New York Attorney General Letitia James, a criminal probe by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., and a federal probe by acting U.S. Attorney for D.C. Michael Sherwin that may include Trump’s role in the catastrophic storming of the U.S. Capitol this month.

But already pending for the soon-to-be South Florida retiree is a trio of lawsuits that allege defamation, fraud and more fraud — all of which are helmed by one attorney.

Roberta Kaplan’s clients include writer E. Jean Carroll, who filed a defamation case after Trump claimed she was “totally lying” about her allegation that he raped her a quarter-century ago in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room, and niece Mary L. Trump, who claims that Trump and two of his siblings deprived her of an inheritance worth millions.

“I became the go-to person to sue the president,” says Kaplan, 54, with considerable relish.

She is in many ways the ideal legal adversary to take on Trump. Kaplan is a brash and original strategist, with neither a gift for patience nor silence, a crusader for underdogs who has won almost every legal accolade imaginable. Kaplan, says New York Democratic Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in an email, “has been indispensable in the fight against the cancer of hate and division that Trump spent four years exacerbating.”

Before the presidency, Trump was often as engaged in legal tussles as he was in real estate, suing and threatening to sue his way out of financial trouble. With a return to private life, “his terror is that he will no longer be protected by the office and will have to deal with these lawsuits,” says his niece. Trump faces the prospect of spending considerable time in the role of defendant. Kaplan says she will seek to depose him in all three cases. Trump’s lawyers did not respond to requests for comment on the cases in this story.

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[MotorCityRadioFreak]

He will be in Moscow by Wednesday night.

[audiophile]

LOL

Both Trump and Biden have Skeletons.

[jadednihilist]

There's no way you can put Biden and Trump in the same boat. Every president has had some transgression of some sort, but no one had the same level of contempt for norms and the rule of law then Trump. His behavior was so abhorrent, that even though his administration started out with a competent, what remained through each iteration through the revolving door was a more devolved clown show. No president has ever been publicly rebuked by 10 living former Secretaries of Defense (including 2 of his own picking), former Chief of Staff, former National Security Advisor, Joint Chiefs of Staff, among others. His behavior even caused ethical strains for former AG Bill Barr, who played almost as his own personal attorney -- a profound departure from the traditional role of the DoJ.

Most presidents have tried to expand the role of the Executive Branch, but Trump truly felt he was above the rule of law and checks and balances. I have every expectation that he will be spending plenty of time in court in the near future.

Biden is by no means perfect, and like every president, should have the appropriate oversight and accountability. House Republicans would carry much more credibility in their investigations if most members didn't defend every single Trump move so vehemently. Frankly, honest opposition would be the best medicine for the conservative movement and for this country.