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<blockquote data-quote="RobGMN" data-source="post: 8920083" data-attributes="member: 683408">Trump is too busy to GET sued, but not too busy TO sue.Funny how that works.&quot;Making a case for why the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/supreme-court/" target="_blank">Supreme Court</a> should overturn a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/11/trump-supreme-court-e-jean-carroll/86056626007/" target="_blank">$5 million judgment</a> that President <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> sexually abused and defamed the writer E. Jean Carroll, the president’s lawyers topped their legal arguments with a practical one.&quot;&quot;He’s busy.&quot;“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 <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-573/392890/20260128135241001_25-573%20Reply%20Brief.pdf" target="_blank">final filing</a> before the high court decides as soon as this month whether to hear Trump’s appeal. &quot;This mistreatment of a President cannot be allowed to stand.&quot;&quot;The brief, however, was filed the same week that Trump <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/29/trump-sues-irs-treasury-for-10-billion/88423481007/" target="_blank">sued the Internal Revenue Service</a> for $10 billion over the leak of his tax information.&quot;&quot;In the past year, Trump has also filed defamation lawsuits against The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the BBC.&quot;“One who races to the courthouse door to sue should not be heard to say that they are too busy to answer any suit,” said Mitchell Epner, a former New Jersey federal prosecutor.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RobGMN, post: 8920083, member: 683408"] Trump is too busy to GET sued, but not too busy TO sue. Funny how that works. "Making a case for why the [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/supreme-court/']Supreme Court[/URL] should overturn a [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/11/trump-supreme-court-e-jean-carroll/86056626007/']$5 million judgment[/URL] that President [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/']Donald Trump[/URL] sexually abused and defamed the 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 [URL='https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-573/392890/20260128135241001_25-573%20Reply%20Brief.pdf']final filing[/URL] 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 [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/29/trump-sues-irs-treasury-for-10-billion/88423481007/']sued the Internal Revenue Service[/URL] for $10 billion over the leak of his tax information." "In the past year, Trump has also filed defamation lawsuits against The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and the BBC." [SIZE=5]“One who races to the courthouse door to sue should not be heard to say that they are too busy to answer any suit,” said Mitchell Epner, a former New Jersey federal prosecutor."[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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