{"id":1966212,"date":"2023-07-06T22:54:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T02:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-trump-to-sit-for-deposition-in-ex-fbi-agent-peter-strzok-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T22:55:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T02:55:21","slug":"judge-orders-trump-to-sit-for-deposition-in-ex-fbi-agent-peter-strzok-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-trump-to-sit-for-deposition-in-ex-fbi-agent-peter-strzok-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge orders Trump to testify in Strzok lawsuit."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-orders-trump-to-sit-for-deposition-in-ex-fbi-agent-peter-strzok-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966212&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Judge Rules Former President Trump Must Sit for Deposition in Lawsuit<\/h2>\n<p>A judge on Thursday ruled that former President Donald Trump must sit for a deposition in a lawsuit brought by former FBI agent Peter Strzok. This decision comes after Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied the Department of Justice&#8217;s motion for reconsideration, which aimed to block Trump from being deposed in Strzok&#8217;s 2019 lawsuit.<\/p>\n<h3>Strzok&#8217;s Lawsuit and Allegations<\/h3>\n<p>Peter Strzok filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department after being fired, claiming that his First Amendment rights were violated when the DOJ released his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbc-guest-al-qaeda-terrorists-have-got-nothing-on-the-republican-party\/\" title=\"MSNBC Guest: Al-Qaeda Terrorists Have \u2018Got Nothing On\u2019 The Republican Party\">private text messages<\/a> with former FBI lawyer Lisa Page. He also alleges that he was wrongfully terminated. In a separate case, Page sued the FBI for allegedly violating the Privacy Act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given the limited nature of the deposition that has been ordered, and the fact that the former President&#8217;s schedule appears to be able to accommodate other civil litigation that he has initiated, the outcome of the balancing required by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-trump-to-sit-for-deposition-in-ex-fbi-agent-peter-strzok-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Judge orders Trump to testify in Strzok lawsuit.\">apex doctrine remains<\/a> the same for all of the reasons previously stated,&#8221; wrote Judge Jackson in a brief order.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson had previously ruled in February that both Trump and FBI Director Christopher Wray could be deposed on specific topics, with the depositions being limited to two hours. Wray has already undergone a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/contempt-charge-against-dan-scavino-based-on-false-claims-by-january-6-committee\/\" title=\"Contempt Charge Against Dan Scavino Based on False Claims by January 6 Committee\">closed-door deposition<\/a> on June 27, according to ABC News.<\/p>\n<h3>DOJ&#8217;s Attempt to Block Trump&#8217;s Deposition<\/h3>\n<p>The Department of Justice filed a motion on Wednesday to prevent Trump from being deposed, arguing that it was unnecessary since they had received sworn testimony from Wray, Trump&#8217;s second chief of staff John Kelly, and former Associate Deputy Attorney General Scott Schools.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The new evidence also consists of other sworn testimony from key, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-introduce-bill-to-deny-world-economic-forum-taxpayer-money\/\" title=\"House Republicans Introduce Bill to Deny World Economic Forum Taxpayer Money\">high-level government officials<\/a> with direct knowledge of the former President&#8217;s communications (or lack thereof) regarding Mr. Strzok and Ms. Page. The availability of that evidence to Mr. Strzok means the deposition of former President Trump is not appropriate,&#8221; stated a redacted version of the filing.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson&#8217;s ruling on Thursday evening denies the DOJ&#8217;s request to bar Trump from testifying.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the testimony of the individuals deposed so far did not support the plaintiffs&#8217; theory that the former President was involved in the decision making at issue in this case, it is important to note that the former President himself has publicly boasted of his involvement,&#8221; said Judge Jackson.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lawsuit against the Department of Justice, alleging that his firing was politically motivated. The judge&#8217;s ruling ensures that Trump will have to answer questions under oath regarding his involvement in Strzok&#8217;s termination. The decision marks a significant development in the ongoing legal battles surrounding the actions of the former president and the FBI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1966213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1966212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1966212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1966213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1966212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1966212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1966212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}