Update to GUILTY! Unanimous Jury Finds Defendant Trump Sexually Abused And Defamed E. Jean Carroll (excerpt):
Carroll filed an earlier lawsuit against Trump over allegedly defamatory comments he made about her over her rape allegations while he was president. That case is still pending in the same courthouse and before the same judge in the second case.
It had been stalled in a Washington, D.C., federal appeals court over whether Trump was immune from liability because he was president at the time of the comments. The appeals court sent that case back to Kaplan last month.
BREAKING: The DoJ has THROWN OUT it’s previous decision that trump’s defamation of E Jean Carroll was part of his job as president, and they will now RECONSIDER their decision once the amended complaint to consider his town hall comments is accepted. https://t.co/b1AY9zmLCr
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) May 26, 2023
CNN reports, E. Jean Carroll asks judge to amend lawsuit to seek further damages for what Trump said at CNN town hall:
E. Jean Carroll has asked a judge to amend her initial defamation case against former President Donald Trump to seek additional punitive damages after he repeated his statements at a CNN town hall.
The request was made in a letter to the judge seeking clarity on the initial lawsuit following a civil jury verdict earlier this month finding Trump sexually abused Carroll and awarding her $5 million.
Carroll’s attorneys said Trump’s defamatory statements repeated during the town hall earlier this month go directly to the issue of punitive damages, which are intended to punish the person found liable.
Carroll’s initial lawsuit was held up on appeal and relates to statements Trump made in 2019 while he was president. The trial involved a statement Trump made in 2022.
An appeals court sent the initial lawsuit back to the lower court judge just before the trial. It is up to the judge to determine whether it moves forward.
Fearless forecast: the motion will be granted, and the DOJ will drop its previous indefensible position that Trump’s defamation of E. Jean Carroll while president was within the scope of his presidential duties, and thus immune from a defamation claim.
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