Trump’s bid to assert presidential immunity in E Carroll defamation suit rejected

Appeals court upholds a federal judge’s decision to deny Trump’s claim of immunity, dealing him another legal setback

Donald Trump cannot assert presidential immunity from a defamation lawsuit by E Jean Carroll, the writer who accused him of rape, a US appeals court ruled on Wednesday, dealing him another setback in litigation she has pursued.

The second US circuit court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a federal judge’s decision to reject Trump’s claim of immunity.