Posted on 09/27/2022 1:18:32 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that being president may give former President Donald Trump immunity in a defamation case brought by a woman that claimed he raped her in the 1990s due to him being a government employee.
E. Jean Carroll filed a defamation suit against Trump in 2019 after he publicly denied her claim that he raped her in the mid-1990s while she was in a department store dressing room, Reuters reported.
The former president told reporters at the time that Carroll wasn’t "my type," and that she made up the accusation, which was featured in a book she published while he was president.
Trump denied the claims and asserted in court documents that Carroll could not sue him for defamation because he was president at the time.
A lower federal court ruled that the suit could proceed, and the immunity did not protect Trump, a decision that the second circuit court reversed Tuesday, sending the case back to the lower court, according to the ruling.
"Under the circumstances, we cannot say what the District would do in this case," the appeals court wrote on Tuesday. "Under the laws of the District, were the allegedly libelous public statements made, during his term in office, by the President of the United States, denying allegations of misconduct, with regards to events prior to that term of office, within the scope of his employment as President of the United States?"
Trump, through his attorney in the case, said he was pleased with the latest 2-1 court decision.
"We are extremely pleased with the Second Circuit's decision today in reversing and vacating the District Court's finding in this matter," Trump attorney Alina Habba said in a statement to WENY News. "This decision will protect the ability of
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The one dissenting judge on the panel, Denny Chin, wrote that Carroll should be able to pursue "at least some" claims, saying "Carroll's allegations plausibly paint a picture of a man pursuing a personal vendetta against an accuser," the Post reported.
they did so because if they went the other way biden would have legal problems too.
Bill Clinton and Pedo Joe will benefit.
There is NO EVIDENCE for this idiot’s claim.
But no immunity from being persecuted/prosecuted by that same government. Makes no sense!
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“We are extremely pleased with the Second Circuit’s decision today in reversing and vacating the District Court’s finding in this matter,” Trump attorney Alina Habba said in a statement to WENY News. “This decision will protect the ability of all future presidents to effectively govern without hindrance.
“We are confident that the [Washington] D.C. Court of Appeals will find that our client was acting within the scope of his employment when properly repudiating Ms. Carroll’s allegations.”
I wouldn’t put anything past a DC court, regarding President Trump.
The story was outside credibility when it broke. Mr Trump has plenty of photographic evidence of his taste in women, which is not observable with the accuser.
She raped me.
I should sue he if she wins.
What? You say I wasn’t in NY City on that day? Prove that I wasn’t.
The most implausible thing is Trump shopping at Macy’s
I don’t think becoming president should make one immune to anything that may have happened before taking office.
The accuser is a grown woman who is not averse to publicity. Waiting for years to pursue a rape charge is ridiculous. How is an innocent person supposed to remember where he was and what he was doing when an alleged crime occurred? Hopefully, Trump had a full schedule so this pathetic attempt gets put to rest.
100% and the FJB more than klintoon
Based on your info, she should be sued into poverty by Trump, for defamation! I mean this! The rats pay off so many women to claim this, after many years. They know she will lose in court, but once again, Trump will be viewed with a wary eye by thousands of voters who may then vote against him.
Bingo. If she wasn’t a model, actress, or beauty pageant winner, she probably wasn’t even on his radar.
“I don’t think becoming president should make one immune to anything that may have happened before taking office.”
It’s not. She is trying to sue him for defamation for statements he made while he was in office.
He should have just said she grabbed his crotch and sue for emotional distress
Figured the Chinese guy would want Trump lynched. Minorities are running this chicken coop now and they’re going to make whitey pay.
MY thought exactly.Trump has tailors & other persons who help him with his wardrobe....
I cannot see him “shopping at Macy’s”.
WHY would Trump be looking for women in MACY’S???
It makes no sense that Trump would be shopping at Macy’s to begin with.
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