LAWSUIT/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Days after President Trump had one defamation lawsuit dismissed, his lawyers were back in court Thursday [10-18-18] arguing to have another suit tossed out. Mr. Trump’s lawyers appeared before the New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division to argue the president could not, while he is in office, be sued for defamation by Summer Zervos, a former contestant on Mr. Trump’s show ‘The Apprentice.’ Ms. Zervos sued Mr. Trump last year after he disparaged her and nine other women who accused him of sexual misconduct during the 2016 presidential campaign. Mr. Trump called their accusations ‘made-up nonsense to steal the election’ and ‘total lies.’ Ms. Zervos had said Mr. Trump twice made unwanted sexual advances on her. In March, a trial court judge in New York ruled Ms. Zervos’s case could go forward because his comments had nothing to do with his official duties. The ruling set up the possibility the president might be deposed under oath about allegations he sexually harassed not only Ms. Zervos, but several other women.”
–Tyler Pager, “After Dismissal of Stormy Daniels Suit, Trump Lawyers Target ‘Apprentice’ Contestant’s,” The New York Times online, October 18, 2018