A federal judge delivered a scathing 17-page opinion on Friday, rejecting former President Donald Trump’s attempt to delay the trial in writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against him. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan responded to Trump’s request to postpone the trial while he appeals a previous ruling. Kaplan deemed Trump’s appeal “frivolous” …
Former President Trump’s aspirations for a new trial in the E. Jean Carroll case have been dismissed by a federal judge in New York. In May, Trump was found liable for sexual battery and defamation, resulting in a $5 million damages award for Carroll. According to Judge Lewis Kaplan’s 59-page ruling, the jury’s verdict …
In a significant development, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump is not entitled to immunity in the defamation lawsuit filed against him by E. Jean Carroll. The lawsuit, filed in 2019, revolves around Trump’s statements denying Carroll’s rape allegations and discrediting her by saying she is not his type. During …
In a significant shift, the Justice Department announced on Tuesday that it will no longer assert presidential protection for Donald Trump in the ongoing defamation lawsuit filed by writer E. Jean Carroll. Previously, the government, under both Trump and President Joe Biden, argued that Trump’s derogatory remarks about Carroll were within his official presidential duties …
Former President Trump has filed a countersuit against E. Jean Carroll, accusing her of defamation for falsely accusing him of rape. Carroll, a former advice columnist for Elle magazine, has long claimed that Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the early 1990s and damaged her reputation by labeling her a liar. …