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Molly Crane-Newman

Judge lambasts Trump for ‘futile’ delay tactics in E. Jean Carroll case

NEW YORK — A federal judge scolded former President Donald Trump on Friday for waging “futile” and relentless delay tactics in a defamation lawsuit and rejected the former president’s effort to countersue his rape accuser.

Judge Lewis Kaplan’s scorching remarks came in a decision turning down Trump’s bid to invoke a New York law against frivolous litigation while fighting E. Jean Carroll’s case against him.

The lawsuit by the magazine journalist says Trump lied when he denied her rape accusation.

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