Trump’s presidential immunity claim in E Jean Carroll defamation suit rejected
by Reuters from World news | The Guardian on (#6H3Z3)
Appeals court upholds a federal judge's decision to deny Trump's claim of immunity, dealing him another legal setback
Donald Trump cannot assert presidential immunity from a defamation lawsuit by E Jean Carroll, the writer who accused him of rape, a US appeals court ruled on Wednesday, dealing him another setback in litigation she has pursued.
The second US circuit court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a federal judge's decision to reject Trump's claim of immunity.
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