You can't sue me I'm the President . . . . wahhaaaaaa
You can't sue my children , they didn't knowingly do anything wrong . . . . wahhaaaa.
I'm going to send it to the Supreme Court , Kavanaaah will fix it . . . . . . . . wahhaaaa.
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Judge allows lawsuit against Trump Foundation to proceed, rejects Trump claim that he can't be sued
A lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of misusing his charitable foundation for his own personal and political purposes will move forward after a Manhattan judge refused Trump's bid to throw the case out.
New York State Attorney General Barbara Underwood
filed the action against the president, Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump earlier this year, charging that they had engaged in "extensive unlawful political coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing transactions to benefit Mr. Trump's personal and business interests, and violations of basic legal obligations for nonprofit foundations."
A lawyer for the Trump Foundation fired back in August, arguing in court filings that Trump can't be sued while he's in office. He also contended the lawsuit should be thrown out because the family didn't knowingly do anything wrong, and argued the suit was only brought because of political bias.
In a
27-page ruling Friday, state Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla rejected those arguments. She noted that a judge in a different case had already ruled earlier this year that Trump is not immune to civil actions "related purely to unofficial conduct because he is President of the the United States."
She also found that contrary to the foundation's argument, the attorney general's suit had made allegations of wrongdoing that were strong enough to let the case go forward.
The suit charges that foundation funds were used to pay off Trump-owned companies' legal obligations, including a $100,000 payment to a charity that was mandated in the settlement of a lawsuit.
