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Trump cannot assert presidential immunity in E Jean
Carroll defamation lawsuit, appeals court rules
Former President Trump's legal team is appealing the decision to the US Supreme Court
By Lawrence Richard Fox News
Published December 13, 2023 1:12pm EST
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Former President Trump cannot assert presidential immunity in a defamation lawsuit
brought by writer E. Jean Carroll, a U.S. appeals court ruled Wednesday.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a federal judge's decision not
to allow Trump's blanket claim of presidential immunity in the case, prompting the former
president’s legal team to seek a review from the U.S. Supreme Court.
"The Second Circuit’s ruling is fundamentally flawed and we will seek immediate review
from the Supreme Court," said Alina Habba, one of Trump's lawyers in the case.
The appeal was heard on an expedited basis, ahead of his scheduled trial on Jan. 16,
2024.
JUDGE DISMISSES TRUMP COUNTERCLAIM IN E. JEAN CARROLL DEFAMATION CASE
Former President Trump appears in the courtroom for the third day of his civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court
on Oct. 4, 2023 in New York City. (Mary Altafeer-Pool/Getty Images)
Inthe lawsuit, Carroll is seeking at least $10 million in damages from Trump over
comments he made about her in June 2019, during his presidential term in the White
House.
Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, initially accused Trump of rape and sexual
assault in Manhattan in the mid-1990s. In response, the former president denied ever
knowing Carroll and said she made up the rape claim for attention. She then sued in
November 2019.
FEDERAL JUDGE DENIES TRUMP'S 4TH ATTEMPT TO STOP E JEAN CARROLL LAWSUIT,
CALLING APPEAL 'FRIVOLOUS'
E. Jean Carroll, center, sports a broad smile as she exits Manhattan Federal Court alongside her legal team on Tuesday,
May 9, 2023, after a jury found former President Trump liable for battery and defamation in a civil trial. (Luiz C.
Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
In December 2022, Trump asserted presidential immunity shielded him from the lawsuit.
The president’s unique office grants him complete immunity from many types of civil
lawsuits while in office.
This delay, however, was ultimately cited by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan
when he rejected Trump's bid to dismiss Carroll's case and refused to let Trump raise an
immunity defense.
TRUMP SUES E. JEAN CARROLL FOR DEFAMATION
On Wednesday, the 2nd Circuit said those decisions were correct.
E. Jean Carroll leaves following her trial at Manhattan Federal Court on May 8, 2023 in New York City. Attorneys for E. Jean
Carroll and former President Trump gave closing arguments in the battery and defamation trial against the former
president. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
"A three-year-delay is more than enough, under our precedents, to qualify as 'undue,'" the
three-judge panel wrote in its opinion.
TRUMP VIDEO OF E JEAN CARROLL DEPOSITION RELEASED: ‘SHE WOULDN’T BE MY
TYPE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM'
Robbie Kaplan, the attorney for E. Jean Carroll, responded, "We are pleased that the
Second Circuit affirmed Judge Kaplan’s rulings and that we can now move forward with
trial next month on January 16."
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