By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE, Feb 5 – Arlene "A.J." Delgado sued the Trump campaign after she did not receive the West Wing job she said she was promised (but Jason Miller got).
On August 16, 2022 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker held an in-person proceeding. Inner City Press went and covered it.
Neither Delgado nor of course Trump were there. There were just the two lawyers. The Trump lawyer made a point of saying that order(s) of protection were taken out against Delgado in Florida in 2010 and 2011.
Even if it were true, Judge Parker asked, how is it relevant? Would that have barred Delgado from a job in the West Wing?
No, Trump's lawyer conceded. It seemed the goal may have mostly been to smear, not uncommon in such litigation.
Talk turned to Tweets, specifically six Delgado tweets that both sides said had previously been arbitrated.
After Judge Parker set a schedule (fact discovery runs into 2023, in this lawsuit filed in 2019), a quick review of Delgado's current tweets start with a pinned tweet about Jason Miller hiring prostituted (in fairness, pinned in 2019) and one from an hour before the proceeding, that Trump "overestimates his support. Aside from that crackpot who attacked the FBI office w a nailgun, no one is doing anything more for him than tweeting and Reddit posts."
Jump cut to January 30, 2024: Delgado is now pro se and moving to depose Reince Priebus and Eric Trump. Inner City Press live tweeted, thread
On February 5, 2024, Magistrate Judge Parker denied Delgado's motion that she recuse herself for having practiced employment defense law prior to becoming a Magistrate Judge, and other reasons. Order on Patreon here.
Inner City Press will continue to follow the case.
It is Delgado v. Donald J. Trump For President, Inc. et al., 19-cv-11764 (Torres / Parker)
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