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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sun Feb 8, 2026, 02:35 PM Feb 8

Trump to SCOTUS toss E. Jean Carroll case because I'm too busy [View all]

WASHINGTON – Making a case for why the Supreme Court should overturn a $5 million judgment that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, the president’s lawyers topped their legal arguments with a practical one.

He’s busy.

“It is deeply damaging to the fabric of our Republic for President Trump, in the midst of a historic presidency, to have to take his focus away from his singular and unique duties as Chief Executive to continue fighting against decades-old, false allegations and the myriad wrongs throughout this baseless case,” his lawyers wrote in their final filing before the high court decides as soon as this month whether to hear Trump’s appeal. "This mistreatment of a President cannot be allowed to stand."

The brief, however, was filed the same week that Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service for $10 billion over the leak of his tax information.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/too-busy-trumps-unusual-supreme-100602095.html

Outside of Uncle Clarence and Pope Alito I don't think even this court will take Donny boy seriously.

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