{"id":1661398,"date":"2022-09-28T05:50:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T09:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1661398"},"modified":"2022-09-28T05:50:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-28T09:50:59","slug":"trump-wins-ruling-in-rape-accuser-carrolls-defamation-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-wins-ruling-in-rape-accuser-carrolls-defamation-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Wins Ruling in Rape Accuser Carroll\u2019s Defamation Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-wins-ruling-in-rape-accuser-carrolls-defamation-lawsuit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1661398&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal appeals court in Manhattan handed former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> a procedural victory Tuesday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-defamation\">defamation<\/a> lawsuit, after famed columnist E. Jean Carroll claimed that Trump had raped her in the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>In a two-to-one decision on Sept. 27, the panel on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a lower court erred when it ruled that Carroll could sue Trump for defamatory statements during his presidency, given that a federal law, known as the Westfall Act, shields government employees from liability in work-related incidents.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll, 78, sued Trump in 2019, claiming the Republican sexually assaulted her in the mid-1990s in a dressing room at a Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. Because the alleged attack happened decades ago, Carroll was originally barred from suing over sexual battery, pushing her to sue for defamation over allegedly disparaging comments Trump made about the rape allegation.<\/p>\n<p>Trump denied her allegation at the time and accused her of using false claims as a way to promote her book. \u201cI\u2019ll say it with great respect: Number one, she\u2019s not my type. Number two, it never happened,\u201d the-then president told <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/450116-trump-vehemently-denies-e-jean-carroll-allegation-shes-not-my-type\">The Hill<\/a> in an interview at the White House in June 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The D.C. Court of Appeals is now asked to to weigh in on whether Trump was acting within the scope of his presidential duties when he denied raping Carroll and dismissed her\u00a0during the interview. If Trump was, he would be entitled to immunity from the lawsuit, according to the ruling by the 2nd Circuit judges. And while the U.S. government can be sued over some wrongdoing by its employees, it is immune from defamation lawsuits, which would mean Carroll\u2019s suit would fail.<\/p>\n<p>In a majority opinion written by Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi on Tuesday, two members of the 2nd Circuit\u2019s three-judge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal appeals court in Manhattan handed former President Donald Trump a procedural victory Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit, after famed columnist E. Jean Carroll claimed that Trump had raped her in the 1990s. 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