CNN —A federal judge has dismissed Donald Trump’s counter defamation lawsuit against E. Jean Carroll, dealing another legal blow to the former president. Carroll said, “Oh, yes he did.”In throwing out Trump’s lawsuit, the judge wrote, “Indeed, the jury’s verdict in Carroll II establishes, as against Mr Trump, the fact that Mr Trump ‘raped her’, albeit digitally rather than with his penis. Trump is set to go to trial in January on another defamation lawsuit brought by Carroll in 2019 for statements Trump made while he was president. The former president has also appealed that jury’s verdict and other “adverse” rulings. Trump’s attorneys argued there should be a cap on damages to avoid double counting from the jury’s verdict in the ASA case.

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