{"id":1993105,"date":"2023-08-07T13:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T17:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-dismisses-trumps-defamation-counterclaim-against-e-jean-carroll\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T13:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T17:10:40","slug":"judge-dismisses-trumps-defamation-counterclaim-against-e-jean-carroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-dismisses-trumps-defamation-counterclaim-against-e-jean-carroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s defamation counterclaim against E. Jean Carroll dismissed by judge."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fjudge-dismisses-trumps-defamation-counterclaim-against-e-jean-carroll%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=1993105&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--><h2>Federal Judge Dismisses\u200d Trump&#8217;s Counterclaim in Defamation Lawsuit<\/h2>\n<p>A\u2062 federal judge on Monday dismissed former President Donald Trump&#8217;s counterclaim against writer E.\u2064 Jean Carroll, who scored a $5 million verdict against him in May in a defamation lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>In June, Trump sued Carroll, a former \u200dElle magazine columnist, \u2063for defamation after she said, &#8220;<strong>&#8220;Oh yes,\u200b he did; oh yes, he did,&#8221;<\/strong> when asked on CNN about a jury&#8217;s \u2064findings that he \u200chad not raped her \u2062but was liable for sexual assault.<\/p>\n<h3>Judge Confirms Carroll&#8217;s \u2063Accusations as &#8220;Substantially True&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Carroll&#8217;s \u200crape accusations were &#8220;substantially \u200dtrue,&#8221; \u200deven if \u2064a federal jury stopped short of that explicit finding, according to the \u200c24-page order\u200d by Judge Lewis\u2062 Kaplan, an appointee of President Bill Clinton.\u2063 He added that Trump had not proven Carroll&#8217;s statements to CNN were \u2063false.<\/p>\n<p>Kaplan, in a separate order from last week, also allowed Carroll&#8217;s lawyers to give the Manhattan District\u200b Attorney&#8217;s \u2062Office deposition\u200c materials that include a videotape and transcript from the former president last\u2062 fall.<\/p>\n<p>That order\u200c greatly increases the possibility that \u200cthe former president&#8217;s sworn testimony in Carroll&#8217;s case can be used\u2063 against him as part of the <a title=\"19-year-old arrested in Calif. for double murder\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/19-year-old-arrested-in-calif-for-double-murder\/\">district attorney&#8217;<\/a>s <a title=\"Trump's defamation counterclaim against E. Jean Carroll dismissed by judge.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-dismisses-trumps-defamation-counterclaim-against-e-jean-carroll\/\">pending criminal prosecution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Implications\u200b for Trump&#8217;s Pending Criminal Trial<\/h3>\n<p>District Attorney\u200c Alvin Bragg charged\u200b Trump earlier this year with <a title=\"Rep. Jordan Subpoenas Former Manhattan Prosecutor Who Pushed for Trump Indictment\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-jordan-subpoenas-former-manhattan-prosecutor-who-pushed-for-trump-indictment\/\">falsifying business records related<\/a>\u200b to a 2016 hush\u2064 money payment to porn\u2062 star Stormy Daniels. Trump pleaded not guilty in \u200cthat case, and \u2063it is slated\u200b to\u2062 go to trial in May.<\/p>\n<p>Bragg&#8217;s office issued a \u200csubpoena this May for the videotape and transcript of \u200bthe deposition Trump gave in Carroll&#8217;s civil case last\u200c fall.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE\u2063 TO READ\u200b MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge dismissed Trump&#8217;s counterclaim against writer E. Jean Carroll, who won a $5 million verdict in a defamation lawsuit. 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