Carroll v Trump, 10/23/2023 argument to US Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 23 1045, 23 1146

Appeals panel questions why 'presidential immunity' argument wasn't pursued years ago in Trump case

Story by By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press

10-23-2023

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals panel wants to know why lawyers for former President Donald Trump didn’t try years ago to use a claim of absolute presidential immunity to shield him from a defamation lawsuit by a woman who accused him of sexual assault.

A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan listened Monday as a lawyer for Trump argued that a lower-court judge was wrong to reject the defense after it was raised three years after columnist E. Jean Carroll first sued Trump....

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