Judge Excludes Trump’s Legal Arguments in Defamation Trial Over Rape Allegation against Columnist

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers will not be allowed to present legal arguments in the upcoming defamation trial regarding columnist E. Jean Carroll’s accusations of rape. This decision was made by Federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in preparation for the trial on January 16th, which aims to determine the amount of damages Trump will be liable for. It was in May of last year that a jury awarded Carroll a $5 million verdict after concluding that Trump had sexually assaulted her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996, as … Read more