Judge denies Trump request to dismiss lawsuit from rape accuser E Jean Carroll

Judge said argument by Trump lawyer that New York court shouldn't handle the case swasn't properly backed up Donald Trump has lost a bid to block an advice columnist's lawsuit over his remarks that she lied in accusing him of rape. In a decision this week, a Manhattan judge declined to order a hearing on the president's request to dismiss E Jean Carroll's defamation suit and to put evidence-gathering on hold in the meantime.