Trump’s Crazy E. Jean Carroll Move Might Actually Work
Posted on AllSides June 29th, 2023
From The Left
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OPINION
On June 27, former President Donald Trump countersued the writer E. Jean Carroll, who successfully sued him for defamation last month.
Specifically, Trump filed his Answer and Counterclaim to Carroll’s Amended Complaint in federal court in New York. In this case, Carroll is seeking damages from Trump for attacking her (while he was president) as a “liar” for claiming that he sexually assaulted her in the Bergdorf Goodman department store in 1996.
In his counterclaim, Trump is seeking damages from Carroll for defaming him by contending that he “raped” her, even though the jury earlier this year...
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