Exclusive -- Trump Lawyer Alina Habba on NY Ruling: I Will Respond in Appeal and 'You Can Read It and Weep'
Trump lawyer Alina Habba told Breitbart News Daily that she will “thoughtfully” and “methodically” respond to the ruling in New York’s fraud case against former President Donald Trump, stating that it is “going to be on the appeal” and “you can read it and...
Where do you get this from?
Government actors get government defense when sued in their official capacity. They don't if they are sued privately for crimes (acting out of scope).
Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123 (1908), is a United States Supreme Court case that allows suits in federal courts for injunctions against officials acting on behalf of states of the union to proceed despite the State's sovereign immunity, when the State acted contrary to any federal law or contrary to the Constitution.
OK. What exactly would be the basis for such a lawsuit?
Like realistically? Trump's already spent a chunk of change on lawsuits that got tossed out of court.
I'm sure there is a whole list of violations, including the major one of failing to accurately appraise the value of Mar a Lago, The Winter White House, then using it to cause the defendant to lose. Violation of due process.