A federal judge Monday dismissed former President Trumpās claim that E. Jean Carroll defamed him in May after a jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing the writer.
The day after the verdict, Carroll appeared on CNN and indicated Trump had raped her. The jury had not found Trump liable for rape under New Yorkās definition, but instead found him liable for sexual abuse.
Trump then claimed Carrollās insistence on CNN amounted to defamation, filing a counterclaim in Carrollās other lawsuit that has not yet gone to trial.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Monday dismissed Trumpās argument, ruling Carrollās statement on the cable network was substantially true and that ā[t]here would have been no different effect on the mind of an average listener.ā
āThe difference between Ms. Carrollās allegedly defamatory statements ā that Mr. Trump ārapedā her as defined in the New York Penal Law ā and the ātruthā ā that Mr. Trump forcibly digitally penetrated Ms. Carroll ā is minimal. Both are felonious sex crimes,ā Kaplan ruled.
Kaplan, a Clinton appointee, separately rejected Trumpās defense that he has āabsolute presidential immunityā in the case.
So much losing
Yet the Rubes keep on donatingā¦
At some point youād think people would get sick of it. But the media keeps talking about his bullshit, his supporters still love him, and the rest of us are enjoying the endless losing.
I am however starting to hit a wall with him period.
Someone had an extension that could block him from what you saw on the internet, and Iām starting to think about getting set up.