Judge rejects Trump DNA offer in E Jean Carroll rape defamation case

Lewis Kaplan says Trump has missed his chance to provide DNA sample to rebut allegations first made by Carroll in 2019 book

Donald Trump missed his chance to use his DNA to try to prove he did not rape the writer E Jean Carroll, a federal judge said on Wednesday, clearing a potential roadblock to an April trial.

The judge, Lewis A Kaplan, rejected the 11th-hour offer by Trump's legal team to provide a DNA sample to rebut claims Carroll first made publicly in a 2019 book.

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