If former President Donald Trump wanted to prove his innocence of rape allegations from former magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, all he would need to do is to provide a DNA sample. But he won't. On Wednesday, a federal judge denied the twice impeached one-term President's request to pause his deposition in a defamation lawsuit scheduled for Oct. 19.
CNN reports that Judge Lewis Kaplan said that a federal appeals court could decide the outcome of the lawsuit either way and added that that was not a reason to pause the depositions and document collection.
In a 2019 article, Carroll said that Trump sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store dressing room in the 1990s.
Lawyers for Carroll requested a DNA sample from Trump to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she says she wore during the encounter.
Via NBC News from 2019:
Carroll filed a defamation suit against Trump in November after the President denied her allegation. Her lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, then had the black wool coat-style dress tested. A lab report with the legal notice says DNA found on the sleeves was a mix of at least four contributors, at least one of them male.
Trump said she was lying and added that she wasn't his "type," but he refused to provide a DNA sample. You would think the "pussy grabber" would want to clear his name of any rape accusations.
Caroll tweeted about the decision.
