Former President Donald Trump was deposed in a civil lawsuit filed by columnist E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of rape in the mid-1990s. Excerpts of the deposition revealed a contentious battle between Trump and Roberta Kaplan, a lawyer for Carroll, with Trump angrily denying the allegation and threatening to sue the columnist. Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered the excerpt to be made public, setting the stage for a long and contentious legal battle that could set a precedent for how the courts handle claims against a sitting president.
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A federal judge has ruled that columnist E. Jean Carroll can proceed with her lawsuits alleging she was raped by former President Donald Trump in a department store a quarter century ago. The ruling upholds a temporary New York state law that allows adult victims of sexual abuse to sue their abusers. The case will now proceed to trial, where the allegations will be further examined.