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A President can be sued while in office, if the situation happened before they were sworn into office

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The situation has to have actually happened and not be defamatory slurs made up for political reasons.
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because
the case was filed within the statute of limitations, the case being pushed back can cause numerous sources of evidence to be lost
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because
it has been established that the President is subjected to the judicial process in appropriate circumstances
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because
the argument that the burden of the time and attention this will take to the Chief Executive is not enough to establish that there is a violation of the Constitution
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because
1 however
the case is being handled by the District Court, there is no evidence that the case will occupy a substantial amount of the petitioner's time
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because
there is no evidence that the Federal Judiciary is being asked to currently perform any function that is "executive"
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because
previous Presidents have voluntarily given testimony while sitting in office
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because
the President argues that federal courts have to defer the case until the end of term
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