Trump's Jury Request Rejected by Judge in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case.

A federal appeals court has returned E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against former President Donald Trump to a district court judge who had previously ruled against Trump. Carroll alleges that Trump defamed her in 2019 when he denied her rape claim by calling her a liar and saying "she's not my type." Trump has argued that the Justice Department should be substituted as the defendant in the case because he was acting in his official capacity as an employee of the federal government. The decision follows an indeterminate opinion from the D.C. Court of Appeals, which last week declined to shield Trump from accountability but did not fully resolve the question of whether denying allegations of misconduct that occurred prior to his term fell within the scope of his employment as president of the United States.