Trump Lawyers Argue Defamation Ruling Impossible After Carroll Rape Verdict
- Donald Trump's lawyers argued that he could not defame E. Jean Carroll because a jury found him liable for sexually abusing her.
- The jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll and defaming her by calling her claims a "con job" and "hoax."
- Carroll's lawyers asked to revise an earlier defamation lawsuit against Trump, who claimed he couldn't be sued as president.
- Trump's lawyers said Carroll can't win her defamation claim because a jury agreed he never raped her.
- The Justice Department wants to replace Trump with the U.S. as defendant in Carroll's defamation lawsuit, which Trump is appealing.