Explain to me how Trump defaming a woman he raped falls under his "presidential immunity" benediction?

[Miles Archer]

The new filing asks the appeals court to halt its latest ruling against Trump from taking effect while he challenges it at the Supreme Court. Without such procedural relief, he argues, he “may immediately be required to bear the burdens of proceedings to execute on the judgment of $83.3 million.” The filing said that Carroll didn’t oppose the motion, on the condition that Trump “increase the bond by $7,462,492.74 to account for the post-judgment interest that would accrue during any proceedings before the Supreme Court through October 2027.”

Assuming the appeals court grants it, that further highlights the stakes of the forthcoming petition, which Trump argued in the filing will present important issues, including on presidential immunity.

The Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling in Trump v. United States was about criminal immunity, and these appeals deal with civil matters. Still, Trump argues the ruling helps him in the $83.3 million case, which stems from statements he made while he was president during his first term.

In Tuesday’s appellate filing, Trump said his petition will raise at least these two issues: “(1) whether the President’s absolute immunity from civil claims based on official acts can be waived at all (President Trump maintains that such immunity cannot be waived), or at least without an explicit and unequivocal renunciation of the immunity; and (2) whether the United States timely filed, and did not waive, a renewed Westfall Act certification.”

https://www.ms.now/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/e-jean-carroll-appeal-trump-presidential-immunity-supreme-court

[unblock]

1. Only democratic presidents are subject to civil suits, I guess.

[BigMin28]

9. Or laws

And the US Constitution.

[Prairie Gates]

2. Don't worry...Alito will find a way

[Lovie777]

3. It does not......

Although it could be a litmus test for other criminal activities shithole is doing now as well as the past such as Epstein.

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. It also happened before he was president

so there's that. Not that it matters to Slimy Sammy, Clarence the Toady, and Beer Boy, I suppose.

[ms liberty]

6. This. YEARS befoee he was POTUS, or even a candidate.

[Attilatheblond]

7. The attack on her happened before he was president

But her suit was about him defaming her and that may have happened while he was POTUS, but I think it was before SCOTUS waved their magic wand and gave him immunity. And defaming people is NOT an official act of the presidency.

[RockRaven]

5. He's got an (R) next to his name on a ballot, that's how.

[Cheezoholic]

8. To be clear, the SCOTUS presidential immunity thing states THEY will determine what is and isn't prosecutable

It's not a blanket free ride to do whatever the President wants, although with this SCOTUS, well, you know....

[aggiesal]

10. IOKIYAR, that's how. SCOTUS proves it on every decision. n/t