Donald Trump doubled down on his attack on E. Jean Carroll in his posts on Truth Social, trying to undermine his defense against her defamation lawsuit. Trump has been accused of raping a woman in a dressing room at a New York store in the 1990s. Her defamation suit accuses him of damaging her reputation. Just days before he was forced to sit for a deposition in the defamation case, Donald Trump posted video clips about her. He said that the case of Ms. Bergdorf was a complete con job. Trump said it was a hoax and a lie. I will, even though I'm not supposed to. Legal experts are worried that the attacks will undermine Trump's defense. According to Trump's attorneys, he was protected from the suit because he was part of Trump's official duties. According to his lawyers, verbal attacks on an alleged rape victim should not be considered part of his presidential duties. Trump has been shredding his own defense by repeating his alleged defamatory attacks on private citizens who are no longer protected by the presidency. George Conway, a conservative attorney, mocked Donald Trump on the social networking site. Since you're no longer the president, you don't have the defense you've been pushing for. 🚨🚨 STABLE GENIUS ALERT 🚨🚨 So a woman accuses you of rape. You make a bunch of statements accusing her of lying. She sues you for defamation. Your defense (such as it is) was that you were POTUS when you made the statements so you can't be sued personally. 1/3 https://t.co/cu43DPfqDt
October 13th, 2022.
You issue a BRAND NEW statement REPEATING all theearlier defamatory statements, but since you're no longerPOTUS, you NOLONGER HAVE THAT DEFENSE you've been pushing for years that you made the statements while you were president!!!ABSOLUTELYBRILLIANT!!
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October 13th, 2022.
Trump blasted his own defense in the defamation suit brought by E. Jean Carroll, according to Harvard University law professor and constitutional expert.
Barbara McQuade, a former federal prosecutor, told Vice this week that it was possible to strengthen the case against Trump with a lawsuit amendment.
McQuade said that the statement was not made in the scope of his federal employment.
Kaplan rejected the argument that Trump was performing official duties when he made his initial statements. There is no relationship between the allegations and the official business of the US. He said that Trump shouldn't be allowed to run the clock out.
A court in Washington, D.C. is considering if Trump was an official federal employee when he denied the accusation. The U.S. could be sued for defamation if that is the case. The status of Trump as a president would not be relevant to his recent comments.
The New York Times quoted Habba as saying that they were confident that the D.C. Court of Appeals would find that Trump acted within the scope of his employment.
A new state law allows victims of sexual assault a one-time chance to file a lawsuit if the statute of limitations has expired.
The article was first published on HuffPost.
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