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Trump’s Lawyer Responds To Advice Columnist Accusing President Of Rape, Seeking His DNA

Eric Quintanar
Trump’s Lawyer Responds To Advice Columnist Accusing President Of Rape, Seeking His DNA
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President Trump’s personal lawyer Marc Kasowitz filed court papers Tuesday arguing that a pending legal demand brought forth by E. Jean Carroll, a long-time advice columnist for the French fashion magazine Elle, should not proceed until the courts have decided how to handle a separate but legally similar defamation suit against him. 

According to the New York Post, Kasowitz has argued that Carroll’s defamation suit should wait until the Court of Appeals determines whether Summer Zervos, a former “Apprentice” contestant who claims Trump groped her and then defamed her by calling her a liar has constitutional grounds to move forward with state cases against a sitting president. 

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