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Title: A US federal judge greenlights a lawsuit against Donald Trump for inciting violence
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Quartz
URL Source: https://qz.com/947974/donald-trump- ... after-judge-gives-green-light/
Published: Apr 2, 2017
Author: Selina Cheng
Post Date: 2017-04-02 15:43:20 by Hondo68
Keywords: None
Views: 1314
Comments: 7
In yet another legal quagmire for the the US president, a US federal judge has allowed a lawsuit against Donald Trump to proceed, which accuses him of inciting violence during a campaign rally last year. Three protesters at a Trump rally—two women and a teenage boy—claim they were assaulted by three men after Trump encouraged them to do so from his podium last March. The Louisville, Kentucky-based plaintiffs brought the suit against Trump for “incitement to riot.” The complaint describes how then presidential candidate Trump repeatedly called his supporters to “get them out of here” during the rally at the Kentucky International Convention Center. The protesters say they were forced to leave the rally and were “shoved,” “struck,” and “punched” by three men, according to court documents. The attackers, Matthew Heimbach and Alvin Bamberger, are also named defendants in the lawsuit for assault and battery. The court document cited a letter penned by Bamberer, saying: “Trump kept saying ‘get them out, get them out’ and people in the crowd began pushing and shoving the protestors… I physically pushed a young woman down the aisle toward the exit…” Judge Hale denied the defendants’ motion to dismiss based on First Amendment rights, which argued that Trump’s statement “get ’em out of here” was constitutionally protected as free speech. The lawsuit is one of many facing Trump since before he entered the White House. Just before becoming president, Trump paid out $25 million to settle three lawsuits brought against Trump University. USA Today counted 75 ongoing suits against Trump shortly before the inauguration. In another case filed against Trump just before the inauguration for harassment, he attempted to claim presidential immunity from civil suits based on a supremacy clause in the US constitution. The idea that such lawsuits “distract a President from his public duties to the detriment of not only the President and his office but also the Nation” came from the 1997 Clinton v. Jones Supreme Court case. In that case, the Supreme Court ruled that a sitting president is not protected by executive privilege in lawsuits concerning private conduct, which eventually led to Clinton’s impeachment. Poster Comment: He learned Community Agitation from the best... 
Bring me all the lawyers. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) 
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
Trump said, "Get them out of here". How is that an incitement to riot? Besides, THEY were the ones disrupting a private event. THEY should be charged with incitement to riot.
He also mentioned chopping heads off and, waterboarding it's fine! He's flexible like that. They were lucky to get out of there with their heads still attached. Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson taught him well. Besides, THEY were the ones disrupting a private event. THEY should be charged with incitement to riot. Good point.
Hey, I was there and it's the truth. I saw a good number of protesters being shown the exit doors and escorted out. Not like in Gunsmoke, but in an orderly way.
They might get a few million $$$ more out of Trump for mental anguish, if they find out YOU were there! And tax cuts and building the wall. None of which had anything to do with the protesters.
And tax cuts and building the wall. None of which had anything to do with the protesters. Notice how the 24/7 liberaltarian "f**k da PO--leece" crowd is now outraged that private citizens handled these rioters? They should be happy that no unarmed innocent puppies were killed. Non auro, sed ferro, recuperando est patria
#2. To: misterwhite, Jihadi Trumpkins, beheading, water boarding (#1)
Trump said, "Get them out of here"
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#3. To: misterwhite (#1)
Trump said, "Get them out of here". How is that an incitement to riot?
#4. To: hondo68 (#2)
The Louisville, Kentucky-based plaintiffs brought the suit against Trump for “incitement to riot.” The complaint describes how then presidential candidate Trump repeatedly called his supporters to “get them out of here” during the rally at the Kentucky International Convention Cent
#5. To: Fred Mertz (#4)
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Hey, I was there
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#6. To: hondo68 (#2)
"He also mentioned chopping heads off and, waterboarding it's fine!"
#7. To: misterwhite (#6)
"He also mentioned chopping heads off and, waterboarding it's fine!"
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