Judge rules E. Jean Carroll can continue to seek Trump's DNA in defamation suit
Judge rules E. Jean Carroll can continue to seek Trump's DNA in defamation suit
By Erica Orden
Updated 11:50 AM ET, Fri August 7, 2020E. Jean Carroll: 'I'm not sorry' (2019)
E. Jean Carroll: 'I'm not sorry' (2019) 04:10
New York (CNN)A New York state Supreme Court judge on Thursday denied President Donald Trump's effort to delay the proceedings in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by longtime magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, a move that allows her to pursue his DNA sample in an effort to prove claims he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s.
In her ruling, Justice Verna Saunders wrote that a recent Supreme Court decision regarding Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's subpoena for Trump's financial records demonstrates that a state court can exercise jurisdiction over a sitting President, meaning Carroll's case against Trump should be allowed to proceed.
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