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Donald Trump has said he will appeal a defamation lawsuit filed against him by E. Jean Carroll after the Department of Justice (DOJ) ruled that the former president is not immune from liability in the case. In a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump hit out at the "political witch hunt" against him after the DOJ announced the former president was not acting under the scope of office when he

A federal judge in New York on Monday dismissed Donald Trump's countersuit against E. Jean Carroll, the writer who won a $5 million verdict against the former president for battery and defamation earlier this year.

Trump filed his counterclaims against Carroll in June, alleging she defamed him by continuing to say publicly that he'd raped her even after a jury found him not liable for

The Justice Department said Tuesday it will no longer argue that Donald Trump was protected by his presidential office when he made derogatory remarks about writer E. Jean Carroll, a major shift in the government’s position that could imperil his defense in an ongoing defamation lawsuit. A jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation after Carroll accused the former president of

A federal court judge in New York on Wednesday denied Donald Trump's bid for a new trial on E. Jean Carroll's civil sexual assault and defamation claims against the former president. In a 59-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan also denied Trump's request to reduce the $5 million in damages a jury awarded Carroll earlier this year. Kaplan wrote that Trump's arguments that the $2