Judge nixes former Trump aide's bid to dodge deposition questions from president-elect and plaintiffs in Jan. 6 lawsuit
Source: Law & Crime
Dec 3rd, 2024, 2:27 pm
A state of semi-chaos has erupted in recent days as discovery is set to conclude in a lawsuit filed by police officers and members of Congress in response to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol Complex. At the center of the procedural storm is President-elect Donald Trump’s former deputy chief of staff and campaign social media director Dan Scavino — and his long-sought-after deposition.
Now, that deposition is scheduled to occur on Tuesday — and a recent court order suggests that a last-minute bid to delay went nowhere. In the case, Trump’s attorneys were the first to push for Scavino to be deposed. In a September subpoena, the deposition was originally scheduled to occur on Oct. 21, or at an agreed upon time. Then, the plaintiffs got involved.
In the underlying case, Trump and others are accused of having “conspired to incite an assembled crowd to march upon and enter” the national legislative seat of government that fateful day. The lawsuit is premised on the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871, a federal law barring mob violence directed at federal officials. The various plaintiffs allege the defendants are civilly liable for what transpired and seek compensatory damages in the consolidated series of lawsuits.
The action stems from a complaint filed by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the former chairman of the now-defunct House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, as well as lead plaintiff Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif. and Capitol Police officers including Conrad Smith, Bobby Tabron, Briana Kirkland, and James Blassingame. On Oct. 16, the plaintiffs expressed their own interest in what Scavino had to say — alerting Trump’s counsel that they “intended to participate in any such deposition,” according to a recent summary timeline of events from a motion filed in the case.
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Full headline: ‘Denied’: Judge nixes former Trump aide’s bid to dodge deposition questions from president-elect and plaintiffs in Jan. 6 lawsuit
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