Trump and E. Jean Carroll's defamation trials remain separate after judge's ruling.

A U.S. district judge rejected a motion to combine two defamation lawsuits filed by E. Jean Carroll against former President Trump into a single trial. Carroll has accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s and filed two defamation suits stemming from comments Trump made in 2019 and 2022. The move to combine the trials was denied, and each lawsuit will have separate rulings. The first lawsuit's trial has been paused indefinitely, while the second lawsuit is headed to trial on April 25.