On Wednesday, September 13, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan announced its decision to examine former President Donald Trump’s claim that presidential immunity shields him from accountability for his 2019 denials of a sexual assault incident involving a New York writer in the 1990s.
The court’s resolution to accelerate the appeal came a day following Trump’s attorney, Alina Habba, presenting before a three-judge panel that the appeal raises a pivotal question that would impact the intricate equilibrium between the judiciary and the executive branch for the foreseeable future.
The 2nd Circuit delineated a timeline, requiring written arguments to be submitted within the coming month.
In a lawsuit initiated by writer E. Jean Carroll, U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan has determined January 15 as the trial date to resolve damages.
Carroll has alleged that Trump defamed her in 2019 by dismissing her account in a memoir where she detailed an incident of Trump sexually assaulting her in a posh Manhattan store in 1996.