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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPulitzer Board dumps broad discovery demands on Trump for financial and medical records.
The @PulitzerPrizes board is demanding @realDonaldTrump turn over his psychiatric and medical records in discovery as part of his lawsuit against the board.
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QED
(3,267 posts)And whine like the toddler he is.
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,193 posts)I'm sure all of the documentation will be forthcoming right away.
sheshe2
(95,937 posts)GB_RN
(3,510 posts)Theres no way hes going to give up all the solid evidence of his criminality. So, he pulls his signature TACO maneuver and poof! Lawsuit withdrawn. 😂
bucolic_frolic
(54,064 posts)That's how you confront a shakedown.
ZDU
(1,121 posts)Check the Mar-a-Lago chandelier toilet room secret, not a secret, book box treasure trove
Brother Buzz
(39,578 posts)PatSeg
(52,212 posts)he should have known better. Now he's just drunk on power and out of control.
Brother Buzz
(39,578 posts)for his shrinking base of yahoos
Hell, it was suggested to me tonight that the Short-Fingered Vulgarian will just text he won, and the rubes will believe it.
PatSeg
(52,212 posts)He has done that so many times, that now he believes he can tell them anything and they'll believe it. I think his luck is starting to wear off. He pushed it too far and less of his supporters are falling for his old crap.
FakeNoose
(40,212 posts)All he has to do is mention "discovery" and the lawyers for Chump all scurry away.

rsdsharp
(11,794 posts)TubbersUK
(1,515 posts)Distress and anguish etc, financial damage, reputational damage (
)
The records are relevant to that I believe.
To the extent that Trump claims he suffered psychologically and financially, the Board is demanding that he prove it.
That's not to say that they haven't also maximised their request for discovery for tactical reasons.
dpibel
(3,782 posts)The scope of discovery is broad.
For instance, in a deposition, your attorney can preserve objections, but can't, with narrow exceptions, instruct or allow you not to answer.
For interrogatories, you can seek admissible information or information that might reasonably lead to admissible information.
IOW: Once you sue somebody, prepare to have your entire life examined.
Things may not be admissible in court, but they most likely can be found out in discovery.
rsdsharp
(11,794 posts)Relevance is still the initial threshold.
Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280(c)(1):
controversy, the parties relative access to relevant information, the parties resources, the importance of the discovery in resolving the issues, and whether the burden or expense of the proposed discovery outweighs its likely benefit. Information within this scope of discovery need not be admissible in evidence to be discoverable.
Discovery is not a fishing expedition, and a court can enter orders limiting or denying discovery on certain issues.
protect a party or person from annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, or undue burden or expense that justice requires,
Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.280(d)(1).
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26 is virtually identical.
PatSeg
(52,212 posts)Did he really think everyone would just succumb to his insanity without any pushback?
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(12,882 posts)erronis
(22,676 posts)Orrex
(66,686 posts)Figarosmom
(9,765 posts)Discovery process. Will trump comply or drop the suit now?
Skittles
(169,617 posts)he just expects people to CAVE
Figarosmom
(9,765 posts)onenote
(45,990 posts)The County where the case was brought is deep deep red -- over 76 percent voted for Trump. The elected judges in the county will suppress the discovery request as soon as Trump asks them to do so.
spanone
(141,027 posts)mwmisses4289
(3,255 posts)Wonder what will happen?!?
Skittles
(169,617 posts)they're not bending the knee or outright caving to that fascist fuck - THROW HIS OWN TACTICS RIGHT BACK AT HIM
onenote
(45,990 posts)The state court judges in Okeechobee are elected in what are described as "non partisan" contests. But it would be naive to think that the judges in the county are anything other than Trumpers and that they won't rule in Trump's favor when he moves to quash these discovery requests as overbroad. Not saying it would be the correct decision -- it wouldn't -- but just suggesting that there is no way Trump drops his complaint because of this discovery request.
sheshe2
(95,937 posts)and........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................Mate!

JoseBalow
(9,179 posts)Works every time!