A New York judge has rejected a bid by President Donald Trump to dismiss a lawsuit relating to his alleged groping of Summer Zervos, a contestant on “The Apprentice,” in 2007.
Lawyers for Trump argued that he was immune from the suit in state court while serving as president, but Judge Jennifer Schechter ruled that there was “absolutely no authority” to justify tossing out litigation over “unofficial conduct.”
“No one is above the law,” Schechter wrote in her 18-page decision. “Nothing in the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution even suggests that the President cannot be called to account before a state court for wrongful conduct that bears no relationship to any federal executive responsibility.”
The judge also declined an alternative request from Trump’s attorneys that the case be put on hold until he left office.
“There are no compelling reasons for delaying plaintiff’s day in court here,” Schechter wrote.
The ruling raises the possibility that Trump could be ordered to submit to a deposition about his conduct toward Zervos and perhaps other women, as well.
Trump’s lawyer in the case, Marc Kasowitz, signaled on Tuesday that he would fight any such moves.
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