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Miles Archer

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10. True...it was deliberately left open-ended so that Trump could DEFINE "official acts."

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Reply #9)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 02:21 PM

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He tried to have the E Jean Carroll defamation judgement against him thrown out because he considered defaming her after being defined as an adjudicated rapist was "within his official duties as president," or perhaps more accurately, "he did it while he was president so no one can touch him."

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