Lawyer rejects ex-president’s argument that suit, centered on Trump’s denial that he raped her, should be dismissed
The writer suing Donald Trump for defamation after he denied having raped her in the mid-1990s accused him of stonewalling and trying to avoid a scheduled deposition as he tries to delay the case indefinitely.
In a letter filed on Friday in federal court in Manhattan, a lawyer for E Jean Carroll also said Trump was “mistaken” in arguing that the lawsuit should be dismissed altogether because the US government, and not he, was the proper defendant.
Continue reading…Lawyer rejects ex-president’s argument that suit, centered on Trump’s denial that he raped her, should be dismissedThe writer suing Donald Trump for defamation after he denied having raped her in the mid-1990s accused him of stonewalling and trying to avoid a scheduled deposition as he tries to delay the case indefinitely.In a letter filed on Friday in federal court in Manhattan, a lawyer for E Jean Carroll also said Trump was “mistaken” in arguing that the lawsuit should be dismissed altogether because the US government, and not he, was the proper defendant. Continue reading…