Posted on 09/24/2016 1:53:03 PM PDT by Kaslin
The New York Times and Gannett news have been trying to gain access to Donald Trump’s sealed divorce records on the grounds that they are of public interest now that he is running for President. Politico reports that New York judge Frank Nervo has rejected that argument:
“Were the court to make the confidential records available for journalistic, and thus public, scrutiny, it would impermissibly inject itself into the political process by making the value judgment of what information is useful in determining the present candidate’s, or any other candidate’s, fitness for office,” Nervo wrote. “The court’s role in the electoral process is strictly limited to determining whether a candidate complies with the Election Law. The court will not take an action that exceeds that limitation.”
Judge Nervo’s decision specifically noted that, even if there was a public interest in unsealing the records of Donald Trump’s divorce, there is no similar public interest in unsealing Ivana’s records:
The court is obviously aware that one of the parties, who opposes this motion, is a presidential candidate. The court is also aware that the other party, who also opposes this application, is not seeking public office. If the court were to deprive the candidate party of his rights under the agreement and the statue on the grounds that there may be something in the confidential file that would be useful in determining his fitness for office, that ground does not exist in the case of his former wife who is not a candidate.
Both Donald and Ivana opposed unsealing the divorce records. Perhaps if Ivana had attempted to waive her privacy interest the judge might have ruled differently, but he writes that under the circumstances and under the law of New York he has no cause to violate her privacy.
Trump’s attorney told Politico, “We are pleased with the Court’s well-reasoned decision and order.” The NY Times has not indicated whether or not it will appeal the decision.
Yea, democrats allow judges to get in the way.. Judges order mean squat, just ask Jack Ryan..
Blood sucking slimes doing the work of the Democratic Party.
No Freudian slip....I meant ERECTIONS!! CHEATING TURNS THEM ON!!!
If true, why? Inconvenient for her career? Unsure of who the father was?
Well, that’s how Obama won his first elections. He had divorce records unsealed, which are supposed to be sacrosanct. He’s a little creep.
We’re insulting slime by comparing it to that rag.
for one thing Slimes rhymes with times, and the rag deserves it.
Obama had better lawyers against Jack and Jeri Ryan in his Senate run
The Slimes could look in their archives for all the juicy tidbits. But that’s not their real goal.
That’s odd...the NYT didn’t show the least bit interest in getting Obama’s college transcripts.
Slimeball David Axelrod got his filthy hands on Obama opponent’s sealed divorce records and published salacious info found there.
That’s how Obama got elected in Chicago.
The only way Boobamba, the incompetent community organizer could have gotten elected.
He was foisted on the rest of us posing as a “beatified savior” to one and all.
Isn’t there currently room in the NYT Building to take on a few hundred Syrian refugees?
Seven of nine actress was also opposed to the unsealing of her divorce records but they did it anyway! (Her Husband was running for senate against Obama!)
Obama did something equally slimy when he was running for Senator in Illinois.
He was running against a man named Jack Ryan. Ryan had been divorced previously, and the records were sealed. However, Obama magically got a copy of those records. They showed that Jack Ryan was divorced by Jeri Ryan—an actress I have seen many times on TV-—because he was pushing her for a ‘threesome’ in their relationship.
As soon as word came out that Obama had those divorce records, Jack Ryan quit the race for Senator to Congress from Illinois. Obama ran UNOPPOSED for the seat and we all know the rest of his astonishing rise to power.
Going after divorce records is a standard Obama trick. Funny how something as simple as SCHOOL RECORDS are so much more precious to Obama. We have yet to see those documents.
IIRC-—Obama lost his license because he filed information concerning his license that was INCORRECT-—and he agreed to lose his license.
Michelle lost her license because she had submitted false information also—but I don’t remember the details. I probably have the information I printed long ago in a box in my garage...
Michelle also got into some trouble with the hospital where she was getting paid $600,000 a year & wasn’t qualified.....
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