Federal Appeals Court Denies Trump Request to Stay E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case, But Grants Expedited Appeal
A federal appeals court on Wednesday denied Trump’s request to stay a defamation suit filed by E Jean Carroll.
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals however granted Trump an expedited appeal on whether he can assert absolute presidential immunity.
Last week Judge Lewis Kaplan, a Clinton appointee, ruled that Trump is liable for defamatory statements he made about E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of rape.
In May Manhattan jury reached a verdict in the E. Jean Carroll rape/defamation case.
In 2019, E. Jean Carroll alleged Donald Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.
Trump has denied the allegations and called E. Jean Carroll a “whack job” who’s “not my type.”
The jury found Trump sexually abused and defamed Carroll and ordered him to pay $5 million in damages.
