Trump's rape trial NY federal court...Judge
On Thursday, Justice Verna L. Saunders in New York rejected their arguments, pointing to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that concluded Mr. Trump could not block a subpoena for his tax returns by the Manhattan district attorney’s office.
The Supreme Court ruling determined that the president did not possess absolute immunity against state criminal subpoenas.
Although that ruling pertained to a criminal investigation, Justice Saunders wrote that the same legal question was relevant to Ms. Carroll’s lawsuit — “whether the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution bars a state court from exercising jurisdiction over a sitting President of the United States during his term.”
“No, it does not,” Justice Saunders wrote.
She said the Supreme Court’s ruling applied to “all state court proceedings in which a sitting president is involved,” including those involving the president’s unofficial or personal conduct.
Billionaire Leon Black Accused of Raping Jeffrey Epstein's 'Special Girl'
BY JACK ROYSTON ON 7/27/23 AT 10:46 AM EDT
Leon Black has been accused of violently raping a 16-year-old girl with autism and Down syndrome while asking "what made her 'Jeffrey [Epstein's] special girl,'" according to a New York lawsuit.
Black retired from his investment firm Apollo in July 2021, after a review found he paid Epstein $158 million for financial advice between 2012 and 2017, after the pedophile's criminal conviction.
A woman has since come forward with historic allegations that he violently raped her, including using a sex toy, leaving "an indelible mark on her, both physically and psychologically
Susan Estrich, of Estrich Goldin, Black's attorney, said in a statement released to Newsweek: "This is a frivolous and sanctionable lawsuit. Mr. Black has never met this individual."
Newsweek has reached out to Apollo for comment.
The woman, named only as Jane Doe, is now in her 30s and was born with mosaic Down syndrome, a rare condition which gave her some of the features of typical Down syndrome but did not affect her physical appearance.
The teenager was initially groomed by a woman named "Elizabeth," who ran cheerleading classes, before being sent to Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell for periods of time.
It was on one of these visits that she says she was introduced to Black as Epstein's "special friend," in New York, in 2002.
Estrich's statement, on Black's behalf, suggested the woman's attorneys at law firm Wigdor had already failed in another lawsuit against Black.
She said: "These vicious and defamatory lies, masquerading as allegations, have been intentionally manufactured by the Wigdor law firm as part of the firm's vendetta against Mr. Black for vigorously and successfully defending himself over the past two years.
"Wigdor's prior case against Mr. Black was recently thrown out by the Court and this one will be too. These allegations—about an incident that supposedly took place 20 years ago—are totally made up and are entirely uncorroborated.
"This sham proceeding will be promptly dismissed and will provide further ammunition for Mr. Black's pending sanctions motion against the Wigdor firm."
U.S. District Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke ordered a pre-trial conference between the parties set for October 19, 2023.
The case continues.
https://www.newsweek.com/leon-black-accused-raping-autistic-jeffrey-epstein-sex-slave-1815663
Trump judge was Justice Verna L. Saunders
Black's judge is Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke
I'm looking to see if Black gets treated better than Trump.
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