Here is her subpoena. Here is her original Complaint.
Trump's lawyers are fighting that subpoena. This reaction tells us that not only are there other women making such claims, but that there may well be a substantial documentary record which could prove embarrassing to the president. If no responsive documents existed, there would be no need to contest the subpoena.
Trump's lawyers have sought to have the suit dismissed or at least delayed until he is out of office. His lawyers argued that he is protected from civil lawsuits in state court while in office.Sorry. Won't wash. The Paula Jones suit established clear precedent. The Republicans who gleefully seized upon that suit as an excuse to rummage through Bill Clinton's entire sexual history cannot now complain. Anyone old enough to remember who Lucianne Goldberg or Linda Tripp were will cackle at the following:
As for the subpoena, they argued that it is "far reaching" and "seeks wholly irrelevant information intended solely to harass the president."What gropes around, comes around. We cannot tolerate one legal standard for Clinton and a different standard for Trump.
Right now, it seems to me as though Zervos has a better case than Jones did -- and better reason to seek information about other women who may have been harassed or victimized by Donald Trump. Did he offer other women money to keep quiet? Did he hand them NDAs? Did he threaten?
(Incidentally, an NDA is void when a crime is involved. Contracts cover only legal activity, which is why you can't sue a hit man who doesn't kill the mark.)
Remember: Trump has admitted in public that he is, in fact, a sexual predator. Also remember: Somewhere in Los Angeles, there are hours of unaired video footage from Trump's Apprentice days -- and according to credible report, much of that footage is damning. (Larry Flynt recently offered ten million to anyone who offers information leading to Trump's impeachment. I hope that whoever has that footage understands that you can do an awful lot of redecorating for ten million bucks.)
In Double Indemnity, Edward G. Robinson speaks of the "little man" living in his gut who tells him "Pay attention. This is important." Back in 2016, my own little man immediately sensed that the "Katie Johnson" rape accusation against Trump would never amount to anything. By contrast, the moment I learned of the Summer Zervos accusation, my little man began to fidget and shake and emit electric sparks -- and when I saw that subpoena, the voice in my gut tried to out-shriek the Wilhelm scream.
Pay attention. This is important.
That's what my little man is telling me. What is your little man telling you?
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Where can I get one of these little men? Love the what gropes around comes around. I will tell you my macro sense is saying the time has come. That Hollywood creep is getting no slack and his honors are being stripped from him. The times are changing and women are tired of being hated and abused. If enough men are on board and it is an issue whose time has come, Puny Paws will not survive this.
Mark Burnett, who was one of the producers on the Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice, needs to be subpoenaed as well since he might have knowledge of Trump's behavior on the set and might be the one who is destroyed or hidden video evidence.
In my opinion this all goes back to Sixty Minutes and either the late 80's or early 90's when they aired a story about Hollywood and some of the lurid details involved in getting a part. At the end of the 60 Minutes segment, Joel Thurm, a casting director who is still active to this day, literally stated the following, "One Actress was forced to masturbate in front of (not sure what position of authority he stated) before she got the part".
Now, how could that salacious bit of data be BROADCAST to 20 million people, then nothing was done to find the perp, and that perp might have been Harvey Weinstein 25 years ago!
So because 60 Minutes did not do their due diligence back then, we now potentially have additional enablers like Mark Burnett either hiding or destroying video evidence.
Until 60 Minutes comes clean of their own role in all of this, rock bottom will not be hit. Why did 60 Minutes allow Joel Thurm to make such a provocative statement, yet no one followed up from 60 Minutes or from the local police?
Very interesting, Alessandro, but you are assuming people care about women, rather than just consider that a salacious tidbit.
How many in Hollywood are in a position to expose the sordid without ending their careers?
Same as those in the business world knowing that exposing Trump means being ostracized by the community since you might go on to air some other dirty laundry
How far can one living a good life go on 6 million the amount after taxes.
There are all sorts of sites out there have been predicting The Great White Dope's demise since the inauguration but like the song lyric from Annie, "Tomorrow. Tomorrow, Trump will be indicted tomorrow. And tomorrow is just a day away."
I'm not gonna help or my breath that Trump is going away any time soon.
Don't expect anything from the voters because for most it's like a Vietnamese farmer, no different if the oppression came from Hanoi or Saigon.
I think I'll trust your little man, Joseph. Mine is cursing a blue streak right now.
The question is, will the media get off their "Weinstein joined at the hip with Hillary" horseshit and concentrate on this? We'll see....
"How many in Hollywood are in a position to expose the sordid without ending their careers?"
Y'know, things do change. Years ago, I lived in L.A. and was kinda sorta on the outskirts (the FAR outskirts) of the Industry. I recall speaking to a friend about an idea I had for a "roman a clef" script based on the life of L. Ron Hubbard. (This was a few years after Hubbard died.) The friend said NO WAY, that there were too many Scientologists in Hollywood. I'm not just talking about Tom Cruise and John Travolta. For a time, Scientology (which used to have a large building on Bollywood Blvd and, I think, still has a beautiful old building not far from that location) was weirdly attractive to a lot of people who worked behind the scenes.
So I shelved that idea. Then Oliver Stone produced a miniseries -- I forget the name -- which featured a Hubbard-like cult leader. A few comics started to make jokes about Scientology, especially after the "Battlefield Earth" debacle. Paul Thomas Anderson made "The Master," which was similar in some ways to the film I had in mind. Right now, few have anything good to say about Hubbardism.
So things change. I have to admit, though, that sometimes the pace of change is glacial.
I'll also say this: I honestly believe that Weinstein was more of an aberration than many people believe. L.A. is filled with beautiful girls ready and willing to throw themselves at any man in a position of power. There's no need to steal that which is given freely.
Besides, the industry is not nearly so depraved as people outside of L.A. want to believe. The real center of "Hollyood" is Burbank -- that's where Disney, Universal and the Warner Brothers lot are located, and it's where many of the behind-the-scenes workers live. You should visit the place. Burbank is a quiet, family-oriented suburb with surprisingly few bars, no strip clubs (at least none that I recall), nice parks, lots of nice houses, lots of pride-of-ownership, and a fair number of churches. It's a lot closer to the "Leave It to Beaver" ideal than are many communities in the red states.
"What gropes around, comes around."
Okay, that made me laugh although I find this whole 'Blame Hillary' thing laughable and sick and way too predictable. Do the Trumpeters really think this tactic will protect The Donald, a self-proclaimed womanizer and groper? Or deflecting to the Left's so-called complicity through the acceptance of Weinstein's money? That should only draw attention to the Donors for Donald, foreign and domestic alike.
Too often these maneuvers are projections, calling out the sinners for the sins they've committed.
That being said if this woman has a case, good one on her. Because I want to see Donald Trump beaten with the same ugly stick he's used on others. He is so-o-o deserving. And if the Republicans object? Well, it's just one more mark in the hypocrite column.
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(Part 1 of 2) Just please don't forget Malta.
Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered yesterday. To stress their point, the killers used a powerful car bomb. She had been investigating state corruption at the highest levels in that mafia-run island country, gambling, money laundering, and the Azerbaijani involvement.
Trump has had many business links with leading figures in Azerbaijan, including with Emin Agalarov (Trump even appears in this video) and the Mammadov family (Trump International Hotel and Tower in Baku).
Trump also appears to linked with Malta. At the beginning of last month, it was stated that the FBI's "Trump probe" would investigate the Maltese connection.
If I may be permitted a lengthy quote:
"As the (FBI) delves deeper in its investigation of US President Donald Trump's ties to Russia, it is becoming increasingly likely that the investigation will eventually reach Malta thanks to a web of over a dozen Georgian offshore companies set up in Malta."
"The US Department of Justice has tasked former FBI chief Robert Mueller to investigate "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump," as well as "any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation".
"In the midst of this investigation, several companies registered in Malta, linked with a Georgian based company called the Silk Road Group could provide some insight into Trump's connections with Russia."
"The story centres on plans in 2011 to build a Trump Tower in the seaside city of Batumi in the Republic of Georgia. Adam Davidson from The New Yorker reported extensively on this deal, in which Trump was reportedly paid USD1 million, which involved the financial backing of the Silk Road Group."
"The company's indirect links with a Kazakh oligarch, who in turn has direct links to Russian President Vladimir Putin, could provide scope for the probe. Due to the dubious financial dealings related to the company and the direct links to Russia, it is thought that Putin has access to sensitive information related to Trump and the entire deal."
"A licence was granted to approve the building of a Trump Tower in Butami, and it was to be developed and financed by subsidiaries of the Silk Road Group. It is reported that the latter received a US$300 million loan from B.T.A Bank, the largest bank in neighbouring Kazakhstan. B.T.A Bank was placed in Kazakh's sovereign-wealth fund, under the directorship of Kazakh oligarch's Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law Timur Kulibayev(...)"
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"The corporate structure of the Silk Road Group, which is a holding company that controls dozens of corporate entities registered around the world, involves several holdings in Malta."
"The complex layers of shell companies registered in various countries made its way to Malta. The New Yorker cites an eight-million-US-dollar loan granted to Batumi Riviera Holding, BV, which is registered in Holland. Batumi Riviera Holding is then owned by Tbilisi Central Plaza, a company registered in Malta, which is owned by Susalike Holding GmbH, which is registered in Germany, to a Silk Road Group subsidiary."
"In addition to this, research carried out by this newspaper reveals that multiple other companies linked with the Silk Road Group are registered in Malta (...)"
"The lawyer of the Trump administration, Jay Sekulow, has been quoted as saying that the US Justice Department investigation must be as specific as possible, and that it would lodge formal complaints should it delve into Trump's business dealings in Georgia. He contends that Georgia is not Russia; however, opponents stress that Russian influence does not stop at Russian borders."
"Malta may yet again have its corporate service provision system come under fire through its links with the Silk Road Group."
Then later last month, Muscat came to New York and met Trump.
And now, a few weeks later, guess what? Muscat says he has asked the US FBI to help investigate the Galizia murder.
Looks like the FBI will have an interesting time in Malta!
Click here for murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia's blog.
There's a lot there. In May she even wrote about Tony Blair's work for both the Azerbaijani mafia state and the mafia prime minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat. That was the day after Blair's recorded "testimonial" for Joseph Muscat was played at the Maltese Labour Party's conference.
It's interesting how efforts are being made to damage-limit and control this story by stamping it with the word "Wikileaks", calling Caruana a "one-woman Wikileaks". Fuck Wikileaks!
Joseph, the Hollywood mansion owned by Scientology is the former Chateau Elysee on Franklin Avenue, which was built in 1927. It became the Scientology Celebrity Centre International when the organization bought it in 1973. Our first apartment after moving to L.A. in 1974 was on a side street across from the chateau. Most of the people living in our building were Scientologists. The "officers" wore militaristic uniforms and began military-like drills around 6 am that involved loud whistle blowing. I recall that most of the members I saw chain-smoked Marlboro reds. But they minded their own business as did I. I agree with you about the charming, family friendly quality of Burbank. That surprised me because the only reference I had was Carson's (or Laugh-In's?) pejorative quip about "beautiful downtown Burbank." I was also surprised by the smaller but equally well cared for homes in Watts. Narrative is everything.
JL, I doubt that you'll read this, but thanks. I was trying to remember the name of Franklin Avenue! (But didn't want to fire up Google Earth.) There were some lovely little restaurants on that street, back in the '70s. The Scientology mansion, as you call it, was very grand and good looking, and I was always kind of pissed off to think that it belonged to such a vile organization.
I used to run into Sea Org members at an eatery across the street from the "Big Blue" Scientology HQ not far from Hollywood. They were a scary lot.
I'm glad you agreed with me about Burbank. I used to live not far away, in Noho -- a nickname I coined, believe it or not. Whenever I read some red-stater's fantasy about Hollywood debauchery, I would think: "They should see how Hollywood people ACTUALLY live."
The Franklin Ave. restaurant that stands out in my memory was called Dollar Bill's. I'm delighted to find out that my favorite blogger coined "NoHo!"
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