Trump accuser's lawyers say he undercut his defense in phone call with governors
President Trump cannot claim he no longer resides in New York to defend against the defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says he raped her years ago, lawyers for the accuser argued Monday citing the president's rancorous call with governors this month during which he boasted about his ties to the city.
Trump’s June 1 phone call was intended to encourage the nation’s governors to take a tougher posture in quelling riots and violence that grew from protests over the death of George Floyd while in police custody, lawyers for journalist E. Jean Carroll noted in a new court filing. But in doing so, they said, the president contradicted his legal team’s claim that New York City is an improper venue for the lawsuit because he now resides in Washington and has changed his primary residence from Manhattan’s Trump Tower to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
“Now what happened in New York, I have to tell you, I live in Manhattan,” Trump said in the phone call, according to a transcript filed in court. He was alluding to the New York Police Department’s initial failure to stop the looting and mayhem there.
“I don’t know what’s happening in Manhattan, but it’s terrible,” the president said, according to the transcript.
Attorneys for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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