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groundloop

(11,488 posts)
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 06:16 PM Nov 2020

E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against President Trump moves forward

Source: ABC News

A federal judge in New York has scheduled a telephone conference in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against President Trump, a signal the case is moving forward despite attempts by the Justice Department to intervene.

The initial conference was scheduled for Dec.11 at 9:30 a.m. before Judge Lewis Kaplan.

“We look forward to finally moving ahead with discovery in the case, which has been on hold since Trump filed his motion for a stay last February, and look forward to the initial conference in E Jean Carroll’s case on Dec. 11, if the parties cannot agree on a schedule,” Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said in a statement provided to ABC News.

Judge Kaplan, who is of no relation to the plaintiff’s attorney, last month rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to substitute for President Trump as the defendant in a suit that claimed he defamed Carroll when he accused her of lying about an alleged rape in a department store dressing room.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jean-carrolls-defamation-case-president-trump-moves-forward/story?id=74169083&cid=clicksource_4380645_4_three_posts_card_hed



Judge Kaplan ruled that the *President is not an 'employee' of the US government, and even if he were an employee defamatory statements could not have been within the scope of that employment.
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E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against President Trump moves forward (Original Post) groundloop Nov 2020 OP
Once it gets past Jan. 20 Just_Vote_Dem Nov 2020 #1
Good point. tRump will be losing his top personal lawyer. groundloop Nov 2020 #4
Heeheehee soothsayer Nov 2020 #2
Let's get that DNA sample from him leftieNanner Nov 2020 #3
When you do your thinking Wellstone ruled Nov 2020 #5
I vote for both. (nt) better Nov 2020 #8
Best of Luck! Cha Nov 2020 #6
Oh, good!!! ShazzieB Nov 2020 #7
Good. Hope she's asking for big punitive damages. SunSeeker Nov 2020 #9

leftieNanner

(14,998 posts)
3. Let's get that DNA sample from him
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 06:18 PM
Nov 2020

Since she still has the dress.

It's all gonna come down on your head now, Donnie.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
5. When you do your thinking
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 06:23 PM
Nov 2020

with the wrong head,you might not be able to deal with the consequences . Could get damn expensive or confining.

ShazzieB

(15,958 posts)
7. Oh, good!!!
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 06:34 PM
Nov 2020

I can't WAIT to find out what that DNA analysis shows! Cone on, Donnie, cough up that sample!

Trump:

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
9. Good. Hope she's asking for big punitive damages.
Thu Nov 12, 2020, 07:13 PM
Nov 2020

It would be cool if she ended up owning Trump Tower in NYC.

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