The judge found no merit in Trump’s arguments that he deserved absolute presidential immunity Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - A federal judge on Thursday rejected Donald Trump’s bid to dismiss the first of writer E. Jean Carroll’s two lawsuitsUS District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan found no merit in Trump’s arguments that he deserved absolute presidential immunity, and that many of his statements about Ms Carroll were opinion and thus protected.
Ms Alina Habba, a lawyer for Trump, said: “We disagree with the court’s decision and will be taking the appropriate steps to preserve all viable defences.”that Trump pay Ms Carroll US$5 million for defamation and sexual abuse, after Trump in October 2022 similarly denied their alleged encounter. Jurors did not find that Trump raped Ms Carroll.
Now 79, Ms Carroll drew Trump’s ire in June 2019 when she accused him in New York magazine, as she was preparing to release her memoir, of having attacked her in a Bergdorf Goodman department store dressing room in Manhattan. The judge also said Trump’s criticism of Ms Carroll went beyond “the outer perimeter of his official duties” as president.
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