Category: E. Jean Carroll

Trump Lawyer Says Trump Will Appeal Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Civil Lawsuit

Joseph Tacopina, attorney of former President Donald Trump, told The Epoch Times that the former president is planning to appeal the verdict that found him liable for battery and defamation charges in the E. Jean Carroll trial. It came as a Manhattan grand jury on Tuesday ruled against former President Donald Trump on one count…


Federal Judge Tosses Trump’s Request to Delay E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case

A federal judge in Manhattan has rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to delay a civil defamation lawsuit after he disputed author E. Jean Carroll’s allegations that he raped her. In a 2019 book, Carroll claimed that Trump raped her in a New York department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. Trump has repeatedly denied…


Trump Lawyers Granted Deposition of Rape Accuser Amid Claims of Ties to Democrat Funding, Questionable Credibility

A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday allowed attorneys of former President Donald Trump to depose, for questions related to witness credibility, E. Jean Carroll, a writer who accused Trump of sexual assault and defamation. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, a Clinton appointee, ordered that Trump’s attorneys, Joseph Tacopina and Alina Habba, can question Carroll on…


Defamation Suit Against Trump Funded by Democrat Megadonor, Lawyer Says

Former President Donald Trump is questioning the “bias and motive” behind a defamation suit against him by a New York writer after learning the lawsuit is funded by a Democrat megadonor, Hoffman Reid, court filings on April 13 indicate. The development is the latest saga of the legal battle between Trump and writer E. Jean…


Democrat Megadonor Behind Defamation Lawsuit Against Trump

Former President Donald Trump is questioning the “bias and motive” behind a defamation suit against him by a New York writer after learning the lawsuit is funded by a Democrat megadonor, Reid Hoffman, court filings on April 13 indicate. The development is the latest in the legal saga between Trump and writer E. Jean Carroll…


Writer Files New Lawsuit Against Trump Over Rape Claim

The magazine columnist who has accused former President Donald Trump of raping her sometime in the 1990s filed an updated lawsuit on Thanksgiving Day, the first opportunity people have to utilize a new law that was passed by New York legislators and signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. E. Jean Carroll, 78, submitted the 30-page updated…


Writer Who Accused Trump of Rape Files Updated Lawsuit Under New State Law

The magazine columnist who has accused former President Donald Trump of raping her sometime in the 1990s filed an updated lawsuit on Thanksgiving Day, the first opportunity people have to utilize a new law that was passed by New York legislators and signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. E. Jean Carroll, 78, submitted the 30-page updated…


Writer Who Accused Trump of Rape Files Updated Lawsuit Under New Law

The magazine columnist who has accused former President Donald Trump of raping her sometime in the 1990s filed an updated lawsuit on Thanksgiving Day, the first opportunity people have to utilize a new law that was passed by New York legislators and signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. E. Jean Carroll, 78, submitted the 30-page updated…


Trump’s Request for Stay in Defamation Case Rejected by Judge

Former President Donald Trump must sit for a deposition in October because he has not met the requirements for a stay in the case, a U.S. judge ruled on Oct. 12. Trump asked U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, a Clinton appointee, to halt proceedings in a defamation case brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll after…


Trump Wins Ruling in Rape Accuser Carroll’s Defamation Lawsuit

A federal appeals court in Manhattan handed former President Donald Trump a procedural victory Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit, after famed columnist E. Jean Carroll claimed that Trump had raped her in the 1990s. In a two-to-one decision on Sept. 27, the panel on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court…