Judge dismisses Trump’s defamation lawsuit against his victim, E. Jean Carroll
CNN — A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s counter defamation lawsuit against E. Jean Carroll, dealing another legal blow to the former president. In an order Monday, Judge Lewis Kaplan said that Trump had not proven that Carroll’s statements on CNN the day after the jury awarded her $5 million after finding that Trump sexually abused Carroll were false or “not at least substantially true,” which is the legal standard Kaplan added: “In consequence, there is no merit to Mr Trump’s argument that the jury’s finding on Penal Law ‘rape’ question established that Ms Carroll’s statements were false even if her statements reasonably could be construed as referring to ‘rape’ in that specialized Penal Law sense, a subject on which this Court now expresses no view.”
Carroll’s attorneys have argued the only issue for the jury in January is how much in damages Trump should pay her since he has already been declared a sex offender by a jury.
The trial comes in the middle of the presidential primary season as Trump prepares to defend against three criminal indictments.
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Judge dismisses Trump’s defamation lawsuit against his victim, E. Jean Carroll
CNN — A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s counter defamation lawsuit against E. Jean Carroll, dealing another legal blow to the former president. In an order Monday, Judge Lewis Kaplan said that Trump had not proven that Carroll’s statements on CNN the day after the jury awarded her $5 million after finding that Trump sexually abused Carroll were false or “not at least substantially true,” which is the legal standard Kaplan added: “In consequence, there is no merit to Mr Trump’s argument that the jury’s finding on Penal Law ‘rape’ question established that Ms Carroll’s statements were false even if her statements reasonably could be construed as referring to ‘rape’ in that specialized Penal Law sense, a subject on which this Court now expresses no view.”
Carroll’s attorneys have argued the only issue for the jury in January is how much in damages Trump should pay her since he has already been declared a sex offender by a jury.
The trial comes in the middle of the presidential primary season as Trump prepares to defend against three criminal indictments.
Judge dismisses Trump’s defamation lawsuit against his victim, E. Jean Carroll
CNN — A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s counter defamation lawsuit against E. Jean Carroll, dealing another legal blow to the former president.
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Judge dismisses Trump’s defamation lawsuit against his victim, E. Jean Carroll
CNN — A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s counter defamation lawsuit against E. Jean Carroll, dealing another legal blow to the former president.
The trial comes in the middle of the presidential primary season 
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