Trump has sought to delay the first defamation lawsuit by claiming that he should be granted immunity because he made the comments while speaking to the media as president.Īt first, the justice department – under Trump and Joe Biden – agreed with that view. In May, a New York jury found that Trump was liable for sexual abuse and defamation, and ordered him to pay her $5m in damages. Carroll, 79, has already won a second case against Trump over comments he made after he left the White House. The former Elle magazine columnist alleges that she was sexually assaulted by Trump in a New York department store in 1996, a claim that he dismissed as “a complete con job”. The department said in a court filing yesterday that it could no longer conclude Trump was acting in his capacity as president when he made allegedly defamatory statements about Carroll in 2019.
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The justice department has reversed its position on defending Donald Trump in a lawsuit brought by the writer E Jean Carroll, paving the way for a possible trial in January. E Jean Carroll alleges she was sexually assaulted by Trump in a New York department store in 1996, a claim he dismissed as ‘a complete con job.’ Photograph: John Minchillo/AP
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