Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, declined to comment on the Zervos and Carroll cases. In 2017, Zervos filed suit against the president, arguing that Trump defamed her by accusing her of lying about the episode. ADSince then, the case has been slowly making its way through the New York court system. But the deposition was put on hold when a panel of New York judges agreed that Trump’s immunity argument should be heard by the state’s highest court, the New York Court of Appeals. The case is likewise in a holding pattern while a trial court judge in Manhattan determines how the Zervos case could affect it.

Source: Washington Post May 12, 2020 22:36 UTC