New lawsuit possible, lawyer says, after Trump renews attack on writer who won $83.3 million award
A lawyer for a writer who won an $83.3 million defamation award against Donald Trump suggests a new defamation lawsuit is possible against the ex-president after he resumed verbal attacks against her at a weekend rally.
Judge denies Trump relief from $83.3 million defamation judgment
The federal judge who oversaw a defamation trial that resulted in an $83.3 million award to a longtime magazine columnist who says Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s is refusing to relieve the ex-president from the verdict's financial pinch.
Trump's lawyers seek to suspend $83M defamation verdict, citing 'strong probability' it won't stand
Donald Trump's lawyers have asked a New York judge to suspend an $83.3 million defamation verdict against the former president, saying there was a โstrong probabilityโ that it would be reduced on appeal, if not eliminated.
Trump spent $76 million over last two years on attorneys as legal troubles mount ahead of election
An Associated Press analysis of new Federal Election Commission filings shows Trump's political fundraising machine spent more than $76 million on legal fees over the last two years as he faces multiple lawsuits and federal and state criminal charges.
Testy encounters between lawyers and judges a defining feature of Trump's court cases so far
Testy encounters between lawyers for former President Donald Trump and judges have come to be expected as the attorneys carry into the courtroom the bombastic, and often antagonistic, style that defines his campaign trail demeanor.
'Access Hollywood' tape of Trump won't be shown to jury at defamation trial, lawyer says
A lawyer for a writer who says Donald Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and then defamed her while president in 2019 says the infamous โAccess Hollywoodโ tape and two women who accused Trump of abuse will not be put before a New York jury.
Trump glowers and gestures in court, then leaves to campaign as sex abuse defamation trial opens
Former President Donald Trump left his defamation trial before a lawyer told jurors in an opening statement that Trump had used โthe world's biggest microphoneโ to destroy a New York columnist's reputation after she said he had sexually abused her.
Judge says Trump can wait a week to testify at sex abuse victim's defamation trial
A New York federal judge says former President Donald Trump can wait a week to testify at a defamation trial where he could face millions of dollars in damages after a jury concluded that he sexually abused a columnist in the 1990s.
Columnist's lawyer warns judge that Trump hopes to 'sow chaos' as jury considers defamation damages
A lawyer for a columnist who last year won a $5 million jury award against Donald Trump for sex abuse and defamation says the former president's recent behavior shows he'll try to โsow chaosโ when a new jury considers if he owes even more in damages.
Notorious 'Access Hollywood' tape to be shown at Trump's defamation trial damages phase next week
A federal judge says the notorious 2005 โAccess Hollywoodโ video in which Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic speaking disparagingly about women over a decade before he became president can be shown to jurors deciding what he owes a columnist he defamed.
Judge blocks Trump lawyers from arguing about columnist's rape claim at upcoming defamation trial
A judge says former President Donald Trump's lawyers can't present legal arguments to a jury assessing damages at a defamation trial this month on a jury's conclusion that he didn't rape a columnist in the mid-1990s.
Trump's lawyers say he may testify at January trial over defamation damages in sex abuse case
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say he may testify at a mid-January trial set to decide how much he owes a columnist for defaming her after she said he sexually abused her three decades ago in a Manhattan department store.
Appeals court denies Trump's 'presidential immunity' argument in defamation lawsuit
A federal appeals panel has denied former President Donald Trumpโs bid to claim that presidential immunity protects him from being held liable for statements he made in 2019 when he denied that he sexually attacked a New York writer in the 1990s.
Judge, citing Trump's 'repeated public statements,' orders anonymous jury in defamation suit trial
A New York judge has cited former President Donald Trump's โrepeated public statementsโ among reasons why a jury will be anonymous when it considers damages stemming from a defamation lawsuit by a writer who says Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s.
Appeals panel questions why 'presidential immunity' argument wasn't pursued years ago in Trump case
A federal appeals panel wants to know why lawyers for former President Donald Trump didn't try years ago to deflect a defamation lawsuit from a woman who accused him of sexual assault with a presidential immunity claim.
Appeals court to quickly consider Trump's presidential immunity claim in sex abuse case
A federal appeals court plans to quickly consider former President Donald Trump's claim that presidential immunity protects him from a New York writer's assertion that he defamed her by saying she fabricated her claim that he sexually attacked her in the 1990s.
Judge won't delay Trump's defamation claims trial, calling the ex-president's appeal frivolous
A New York federal judge has expressed growing impatience with what he calls ex-President Donald Trump's โrepeated efforts to delayโ a defamation lawsuit, saying he won't stop a January trial for the โfrivolous appealโ of one of his rulings.
Judge upholds the $5 million jury verdict against Trump in a writer's sex abuse and defamation case
A federal judge has upheld a $5 million jury verdict against Donald Trump, rejecting the ex-president's claim the jury vindicated him by failing to conclude in a civil case that he raped a columnist in a New York department store in the 1990s.
Trump can be held liable in writerโs defamation lawsuit after Justice Department reverses course
The Justice Department has reversed its position that Donald Trump can't be held personally liable for remarks he made about a woman who accused him of rape because he was president when he made the comments.
E. Jean Carroll adds Trump's post-verdict remarks to defamation case, seeks at least $10M
Lawyers for a columnist who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation award against former President Donald Trump have filed an amended lawsuit against him, asking for another $10 million for remarks he made after the verdict.
CNN faces backlash over chaotic Trump town hall event
CNN is facing a backlash over its town hall featuring former President Donald Trump, an event that swiftly turned chaotic in a stark display of the tightrope facing journalists covering a leading 2024 Republican candidate who refuses to play by the rules.
Juror who listened to conservative podcaster Tim Pool joined verdict against Donald Trump
A juror who says he occasionally listens to conservative podcast host Tim Pool was on the jury that found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing a magazine columnist in 1996 at a luxury Manhattan department store.
NY jury will have wide latitude to decide civil Trump claims
The jury hearing a columnist's claims that she was raped by Donald Trump in the 1990s is likely to have wide latitude in deciding the merits of the civil allegations against the former president when it begins deliberations as early as Tuesday.
Trump calls accuser a 'nut job' in recording played for jury
Jurors watching Donald Trumpโs video deposition Thursday heard the former president deride a woman accusing him of rape as a โnut jobโ and โmentally sick,โ while an expert estimated that Trumpโs earlier public denials could have caused nearly $3 million in damage to the accuserโs reputation.
US lawyers ask 2nd Circuit to nix Trump from defamation suit
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)NEW YORK โ Justice Department lawyers asked a federal appeals court Friday to replace President Donald Trump with the United States as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who says he raped her in the 1990s. Carroll subsequently sued Trump, alleging defamation. Carroll has alleged that she and Trump recognized one another when they randomly spotted each other at the luxury store. She maintains that their encounter included light-hearted banter until Trump became aggressive and then raped her inside a dressing room. After the book was released, Trump said Carroll was โtotally lyingโ to sell her memoir and that heโd never met her.
Judge: US can't replace Trump in accuser's defamation suit
E. Jean Carroll, who says President Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s, leaves the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse following a hearing in her defamation lawsuit against Trump, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in New York. A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK โ President Donald Trumpโs request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit, which alleges he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, was denied Tuesday by a federal judge. โThe President of the United States is not an employee of the Government within the meaning of the relevant statutes,โ Kaplan wrote. โEven if he were such an employee, President Trumps allegedly defamatory statements concerning Ms. Carroll would not have been within the scope of his employment."
Trump rape accuser 'stunned' at DOJ no-show at court hearing
E. Jean Carroll, who says President Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s, leaves the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse following a hearing in her defamation lawsuit against Trump, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in New York. โIโm stunned, stunned, and actually speechless, which is unusual,โ Carroll told reporters outside the courthouse. A request for comment to the Justice Department wasn't immediately returned. Justice Department attorneys have said Trump had to respond in June 2019 to accusations Carroll made against him in a book because the claims related to his fitness for office. The Associated Press does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted unless they come forward publicly.