Posted on 09/21/2019 1:52:18 PM PDT by Innovative
The lawsuit brought by five men who describe themselves in a complaint as "human rights activists" alleges that Trump's head of security, Keith Schiller, hit a protester, Efrain Galicia, in the head after Galicia tried to stop Schiller from taking their large cardboard signs, which read, "Trump: Make America Racist Again." The filing says that when Galicia tried to hold onto one of the signs, Schiller ripped it away from him, tearing it to pieces.
When Galicia tried to prevent Schiller from taking another sign, he says Schiller hit him with "a closed fist on the head with such force it caused (him) to stumble backwards."
In his sworn testimony, Schiller claims the protesters and their banners were a threat to public safety because they would have impeded an ambulance from responding to an emergency in the building. Schiller says Galicia grabbed him from behind prompting him to swing around and hit the protester with his "open hand." Schiller says he believed the Galicia was attempting to grab his gun and thus used the "minimal amount of force to get him off of my firearm and off of my body."
Schiller said in his deposition that Trump was inside Trump Tower the day of the protest and was giving a press conference when the demonstration started. The plaintiffs argue the President had control over his security's actions because they are his employees, even if Trump himself did not order them to act.
In a separate filing, Trump's attorneys characterized the plaintiffs' motivations as political and argued that "Trump did not strike or touch any of the plaintiffs or take plaintiffs' sign from them. In fact, the President was not even in the vicinity" of the incident outside of Trump Tower. Gonzalez soundly rejected that argument Friday, writing that "no government official, including the Executive, is above the law." (Unless he or she is a democrap) .
Schiller's ties to Trump date back to the President's time as a private citizen and television personality. After his inauguration, Trump tapped Schiller as director of Oval Office operations, a position he left in September 2017.
These folks are just grasping at straws to harass him, it’s an irrational obsessive compulsive disorder. :)
Thank you for the background on that incident. :)
Decades of judicial overreach...
let em
We were for Bill Clinton testifying in Paula Jones case.
Just saying.
Trump just doesn’t show up. And the security guard loses the case...that’s the worst case scenario.
The Washington Post reported: "Galicia also said he would be pressing charges but as of Thursday evening, the NYPD had received 'no formal complaint.' "
The moron decided to try to make some money off of his moronic behavior instead by suing.
After the incident, The Daily Mail Online reported: "A Trump spokesman also issued a statement to Daily Mail Online, writing: 'The protesters outside Trump Tower, many of whom were dressed in Klu Klux Klan outfits, were harassing people on the street. A member of the Trump security team reacted, but only after first being attacked from behind and assaulted. The authorities were contacted immediately, a complaint was filed and we will be pursuing legal action against this individual.' "
Clinton was the perp. Donald Trump wasn't even involved in the toss-up...didn't even observe it.
It makes no sense. It like if the same thing happened at a Hilton hotel and the guard knows one of the Hiltons. Would that Hilton have to testify in an issue that didn’t involve them? Judge is thinking she’s a big thing ordering the President to bend to her. She’ll be in for a shock when Trump tells her to FOAD and then do something about it!
That’s why Trump not showing up would be the way to go.
The jury will decide in the end not the judge.
Clinton was directly involved; he was the perp. Trump was NOT directly involved. The security guards were. Question them. This is merely petty harassment of the POTUS by a bitchy female judge who doesn’t know proper protocol. Hopefully she will learn it the hard way.
Another zippy the a##clown appointee
What a joke. She can’t hold a job either. First job for a firm 6 years, second 1, third 1, fourth 1 then she finally got a patronage job and stayed with the local gubment until elected.
Trump can tell him to piss up a rope.
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A crowd it would draw to see Judge Doris M. Gonzalez doing that trick.
thanks for the info, that explains a lot
Apples to Oranges.
Hi.
Not going to happen.
5.56mm
President has nothing to do with this.
Is the Mayor of Portland Oregon responsible for the Antifa vandalism???
These judges are air heads without the pleasant personality.
No chance, Your Honor. You should read about the separation of powers in the U.S. Constitution.
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