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Donald Trump loses immunity bid in Carroll defamation suit

 Published: 12:47, 14 December 2023

Donald Trump loses immunity bid in Carroll defamation suit

Donald Trump cannot assert presidential immunity from a defamation lawsuit by writer E Jean Carroll, who accused him of rape, a US appeals court has ruled, dealing the former US president another legal setback.

The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Wednesday upheld a federal judge’s decision to reject Trump’s claim of immunity, finding Trump had waited too long to raise it as a defence.

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