Trump's Presidential Immunity Appeal Denied in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear the case, setting the stage for a trial set to start on January 16.

Former President Donald Trump's appeal for presidential immunity in the defamation lawsuit filed by writer E. Jean Carroll was denied by a federal appeals court in New York.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to rehear Trump's request, and no judge on the appeals court called for a vote on the request.
Trump has not yet appealed the case to the Supreme Court, although his attorney indicated they would.
The trial is set to start on January 16, unless the Supreme Court takes up the case.
Carroll's case stems from an allegation that Trump sexually abused her in 1996, a claim Trump has denied.