Judge grants Jean Carroll leave to expand her defamation lawsuit against Trump
The journalist will be able to include the former president's comments from CNN's town hall in her lawsuit, which was recently amended and is now seeks $10M in damages.
(Cordon Press)
Donald Trump can't catch a break in court. After appearing before a judge in Miami for the case involving classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home, a judge in New York has now decided to allow E. Jean Carroll to include statements from Trump's appearance at CNN's town hall in her original lawsuit.
A different lawsuit than the last one
The amended lawsuit is the one Carroll originally filed against Trump in 2019 for defamation. It is different from the lawsuit she won against the former president for "sexual abuse and defamation" last month when Trump was ordered to pay her $5 million in damages.
However, this defamation suit is stuck in court because Trump was president at the time of the incident. In fact, Judge Lewis Kaplan has set a July 13 deadline for the Justice Department to determine whether the former president will have immunity in this case.
Trump insisted on his version and called Carroll a "crackpot"
Trump went to a CNN town hall after being found guilty by a jury of sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll. During the live broadcast, he insisted that he did not know the writer at all, whom he described as "a crackpot." In addition, the former president claimed to be the victim of a fake story, made up by the columnist. Roberta Kaplan, the journalist's lawyer, filed a request to amend the lawsuit, seeking an additional $10 million in damages from Trump.
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