The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a request by lawyers for former President Donald Trump for the full court to review whether federal immunity protects him from being sued for defamation by columnist E. Jean Carroll. Last month, the same court denied a request by Trump’s lawyers for a three-month delay to the start of the second defamation lawsuit brought by Carroll. In May, a jury found that Trump had sexually abused Carroll in a department store changing room in the mid-1990s and later defamed her by denying her account of the attack.
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00:00 It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02 The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a request by lawyers for former President
00:06 Donald Trump for the full court to review whether federal immunity protects him from
00:10 being sued for defamation by columnist E.G. Carroll.
00:13 Last month, the same court denied a request by Trump's lawyers for a three-month delay
00:16 to the start of the second defamation lawsuit brought by Carroll.
00:19 In May, a jury found that Trump had sexually abused Carroll in a department store changing
00:23 room in the mid-1990s and later defamed her by denying her account of the attack.
00:27 The jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages.
00:30 Trump's argument that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution continues to
00:34 be rejected on appeal but will ultimately be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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