Loses bid for presidential immunity in E Jean Carroll defamation suit

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Oliver O'Connell
Alex Woodward
Joe Sommerlad
8 minutes ago

Donald Trump cannot assert presidential immunity from a defamation lawsuit by writer E Jean Carroll, who accused him of rape, an appeals court ruled, dealing the former president another legal setback.

The ruling upholds a federal judge’s decision to reject his claim of immunity, finding Mr Trump had waited too long to raise it as a defence. The trial will now go ahead on 16 January 2024.

The former president has pursued a similar immunity defence in his federal criminal case in which he is accused of unlawfully trying to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential election. The Supreme Court has agreed to a request from special counsel Jack Smith to hear the case on an expedited basis ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-news-today-mugshot-nft-cards-b2463111.html

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1. K&R

[claudette]

2. Hopefully

the Supremes will decide that he has ZERO immune for all crimes.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Merry Christmas. orange Motherfucker!

You are not IMMUNE.

[Takket]

4. I thought Carroll already won this trial?

What is this trial for?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. More damages for defaming her again on CNN.

Carroll is seeking additional monetary damages.

[Beakybird]

7. Trump defamed E Jean Carol after he left office. That was previous trial, I believe.

This trial is his defamation while in office. Added to that is Trump's defamation of Carol on the CNN Town Hall a day after he was found liable in the previous lawsuit.

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8. Watching the water swirl down the drain is still deja-vu all over again:

I think there are two lawsuits E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump

The first is a defamation suit, filed in 2019 and going to trial in 2024; the second a defamation and sexual battery suit, filed in 2022, which Trump lost earlier this year but has appealed

[Omnipresent]

6. Sack of crap for trump, because...

He is a sack of crap!

[Wednesdays]

9. K&R. nt