This is not the first time White House lawyers have attempted such an argument – but it did not work when Bill Clinton tried it 20 years ago. Essentially President Trump is responding to a lawsuit by a former contestant on The Apprentice by saying he is immune to civil lawsuits and too busy to deal with it. His lawyers have argued that President Trump has an exceptionally busy schedule, particularly during his first 100 days in office. According to a recent filing President Trump’s lawyers are calling for the case to be put to one side until the end of this term in office.
'Liars'
Summer Zervos is suing President Trump for defamation after he responded to claims that he sexually harassed her by saying they were ‘100 percent fabricated and made-up,’ and calling her and other women who came forward with similar allegations 'liars'.
Too important
The filing said: The ‘singular importance of the president’s duties’ warrants a stay where civil actions, such as this one, ‘frequently could distract a president from his public duties, to the detriment of not only the president and his office but also the nation that the president was designed to serve.’ His legal team also cited a 1997 case in which President Bill Clinton cited presidential immunity to prevent the Paula Jones case from going forward. President Clinton lost that challenge.
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