against her and any other would be breachers, who are out there that we may not even know about. they may have non-disclosure agreements. let s raise this issue, why the trump team would want to have this case moved? how do they benefit it going from california state court to federal court? removal is a technique, the defendant, if the amount in controversy is enough and the defendant is out of state, that i can move it up to federal court. it s like castleing in chess. it s a defensive maneuver. sometimes the reasons are based on the law between federal and state courts. sometimes it s as simple as thumbing your eye at the plaintiff s attorney saying we re taking you out of your home court up to federal court. he is one of those attorneys that expressed what i expect to be true, he s just as comfortable in federal court as in state court and the defendants should be mindful moving it up to federal court
agreement, it will end up costing me x number of dollars. now a crafty person drafting an agreement will put in a favorable liquidated damages clause tore themselves. that s exactly what s happened here. no question the trump team unilaterally all by themselves drafted this agreement and created a liquidated damages clause, unfortunately for stormy, if they assert it, it would be up to her to prove this was not a reasonable forecast of the damages. but the 20 million is essentially say figure i breach, this is a fair amount of damages that will be owed to you. hypothetical, could somebody pay the $20 million and proceed is that the figure in. the way the contract is drafted, it s a million dollars per breach or per occurrence or some language like that. so that sa number they put in the removal papers probably to satisfy number one the amount in controversy so you can move it up to federal court. but also as a scare tactic
should be all the parties consen. one had made an appearance until a removal notice was filed, now we can reasonably assume david dennison is also donald trump. let me pick up on this point again quickly, is there a chance that he can actually have this moved back to state court? is that something he would want for his client? does it benefit for him to have it if state court in. normally they look at what is alleged in the complaint. but there is always the possibility of getting it remand if the ground for federal jurisdiction is good, it was fake, there was no $20 million in controversy. make no mistake about it. the defendants don t want to be in federal court either, now the first motion is to send it out of federal court into ash celebration, arbitration is the only way the trump defendants can win this case. then it s about that. we can maybe refer to you as a chess match. we have a technique there they
price. .on the hotel you want. don t sweat your booking. tripadvisor. the latest reviews. the lowest prices. welcome back, everyone, the legal battle between porn star stormy daniels and trump is escalate. they have a non-disclosure agreement moved from california state court to federal court. daniels attorney told my colleague joy reed over the weekend the trump defense reason for the move was actually clear. they want to have this adjudicated or decided in a conference room in a locked secure building outside the per
with president trump. it s not an allegation, it s a fact. when the american people are permitted to hear from my client and hopefully they will hear from my client shortly, they will hear the details relating to these threats and judge for themselves whether she s telling the truth and can be believed. you may recall clifford filed suit last week against the president over a non-disclosure agreement she claims is now invalid though mr. trump never signed it though his attorney, michael cohen did. on friday, the president s lawyers moved to get that lawsuit moved from a california state court to federal court and claim clifford owes the president $20 million in damages one million for each alleged agreement. joining me now, kevin mclaughlin. i can t imagine you ever thought