Friday, March 25, 2022

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I know I said "facts matter," but you do have to have some law to stand on, and I'm pretty sure this suit doesn't. That would be one problem. The other would be complete failure to state a cause of action (i.e., grounds upon which the court could grant relief).  Like Bradley Moss, and for the same reasons, I haven't read the actual complaint: But this is simply gibberish:

"Under the guise of ‘opposition research,’ ‘data analytics,’ and other political stratagems, the Defendants nefariously sought to sway the public’s trust," the lawsuit states. "They worked together with a single, self-serving purpose: to vilify Donald J. Trump. Indeed, their far-reaching conspiracy was designed to cripple Trump’s bid for presidency by fabricating a scandal that would be used to trigger an unfounded federal investigation and ignite a media frenzy."

That's called "life in the big city."  Or in the public eye.  Or just in politics.  Considering what Trump did to Obama, this is simply laughable (and no, what Trump did to Obama is not a legal defense here. I just mean to point out Trump needs to put on his big boy pants.  This suit is embarrassing, and I don't even like the guy.).

This is prompting no small amount of rejoinder on factual grounds, but that's effort wasted here. I expect the defendants to respond (once they are served; this will take a while in Twitter time) with a Motion to Dismiss, mostly for failure to state a cause of action.  Which will be followed by an amended complaint, trying to come up with a cause of action; but if they finally can't (and they can't amend forever promising to come up with one), it gets tossed.  It should result in charging Trump for all defendant's attorneys fees for a frivolous lawsuit, but a) that probably won't happen (it seldom does); b) Trump would never pay it; and c), the defendants would be well off just to get rid of this farce instanter.  Or as soon as the court will, whichever comes first.

In the meantime, Trump may decide he has to join Biden in this lolsuit:

Especially since Trump is the reason Biden decided to run in 2020.  I'm sure somehow that's Hillary's fault.  In the meantime, we can be entertained: It occurs to me there are two ways to get rid of this litigation: 1) move to dismiss based on failure to state a cause of action; 2) ask to take Trump's deposition.  And this is a take: Another reason never to go to Twitter for legal advice.

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