NEW: Clinton Judge Dismisses Trump’s Defamation Case Against E. Jean Carroll
A federal judge on Monday dismissed President Trump’s defamation case against E. Jean Carroll.
In late June President Trump hit back at E. Jean Carroll with a defamation lawsuit, saying she falsely accused him of rape. This countersuit comes after a civil jury found him “guilty of sexual abuse and defamation,” but not rape, in May.
Filed in Manhattan federal court, Trump’s counterclaim cites Carroll’s post-verdict comments on CNN.
Trump sought a retraction as well as compensatory and punitive damages.
According to the court filing, Trump “has been the subject of significant harm to his reputation, which, in turn, has yielded an inordinate amount of damages sustained as a result.”
Judge Lewis Kaplan,
