Trial begins in 18 days, meaning Trump could be sworn in as a witness in the case well before he is sworn in as president. And a breach of contract case a Trump company brought in Washington -- Trump was accompanied by a Secret Service agent to a recent deposition in that case, according to court papers. "This is going to be one of the many unprecedented things about a Trump presidency," Louis Seidman, a scholar of constitutional law at Georgetown University, told AFP. In just the year following the announcement of his candidacy in June of 2015, at least 70 cases were filed, split evenly between those Trump brought and those filed against him, according to the newspaper. The Trump Organization and an attorney for Trump in California did not respond to requests for comment.

Source: Bangkok Post November 11, 2016 15:45 UTC