Trump’s Lawyers Say Calling Women Liars Over Sexual Harassment Was Politics
- Candidate called groping claim by reality contestant a lie
- President says he can’t be sued for his ‘political opinion’
Trump Rally in Nov. 2016
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President Donald Trump’s contention that women who accused him of sexual harassment were lying was just a political opinion expressed during the 2016 campaign, his lawyers argued as they sought to block a suit by a woman who appeared on his reality TV show, “The Apprentice.”
Summer Zervos sued Trump in January, saying he defamed her by denying that he had groped her and calling women who accused him of similar behavior liars. Trump lashed out while on the campaign trail in October against what he called “phony” accusations, saying he was being attacked with lies and slander.