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ah yes, the salon article —
which also said, Paula had attempted to sue Clinton from early on, using an Arkansas real estate attorney who was also running sole proprietorship. That RE attorney, Trayler, had attempted to represent her case against Clinton (I assume, using her limited funds and his limited expertise in that part of law) and they found themselves up against a Big-One. Big ol’ Clinton the governor, the presidental candidate, with his wife’s law firm. And big ol’ Clinton the president… Ruh Roh.
By 1994, Paula and Trayler were running up against the statute of limitations for Paula’s case. I imagine Clinton’s own legal ‘team’ had every intention of letting her case slowly drip away and expire. Arkansas RE attorney Trayler knew she needed adequate legal representation with plenty of technical expertise and big funding to match up with Clinton’s rich sources of help.
Once her case was properly funded and represented, Paula’s case was thrown out of court the first time b/c Clinton asked for the judge for a summary judgement, stating Paula couldn’t show she’d been damaged. Paula went to a Court of Appeals and won the right to reintroduce her case while Clinton fought back saying it shouldn’t proceed as he was a sitting president. Paula then won a unanimous Supreme Court decision against Clinton’s case and her case went back into court. (In the meantime, Clinton tries to settle with her, first time, out of court) Paula refuses the settlement offer and goes back to court in 1997. Again, in 1998, Clinton files a motion for dismissal saying Paula can’t prove damages. The judge grants the dismissal and Paula appeals to the Court of Appeals. This time, while she awaits the appeal, she settles with Clinton & agrees to drop her appeal.
In 1999, the Judge now finds Clinton was in contempt of court for his perjurous testimony, she fines him & refers him to the Arkansas Bar for disciplinary action.
Does anyone, ever ever ever, question Bill Clinton’s millionaire/billionaire supporters as he pursued justice for himself? Or is this just about questioning the average trailer trash’s attempt to find some justice for herself? In the end, Paula’s legal defense fund weren’t sufficient to cover her attorney fees. By the way. I guess the moral of the story is: trailer trash should stick with their *own* kind.