• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It is about money in that such lawsuits cost money. And they take a lot of time. This isn’t something the DOJ could do, this would be a civil suit brought by Biden himself. I just don’t think it’s worth it.

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      5 months ago

      Of course the DOJ would be uninvolved.

      I’m talking about a personal suit by Biden: he’s the victim of the slander.

      It would be the best money Biden could spend. Nothing else is going to stop the reckless dishonesty by Trump supporters and attorneys.

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          5 months ago

          For the one hour that it takes to provide testimony and cross examination? Yes.

          This is his lawyer’s time, not POTUS’ time

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            1 hour of testimony in a simple divorce proceeding for a blue-collar worker is the result of dozens or hundreds of hours of working with the attorney on documentation and preparation. I imagine it would be an order of magnitude more work if it’s the POTUS suing for defamation. It also feeds into the “both sides” narrative to see Biden sitting in a courtroom, same as Trump. It doesn’t matter that Biden’s not the defendant, and it doesn’t matter that it’s a civil matter instead of a criminal one because the footage of Biden in a courtroom is more than enough to sell that story to the sycophants.

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              5 months ago

              In a divorce case you need testimony to understand what the other spouse did.

              In a slander case what evidence does Biden need to testify about?

              All the evidence is a matter of public record.