President-elect Trump and George Stephanopoulos will sit for hours-long testimony just days before Christmas as part of the incoming presidential defamation case Against ABC News and its star anchor, a federal judge said.
Miami Magistrate Judge Lisette Reed ordered Trump to appear in person next week to testify, which will last four hours.
The order requires the proceedings to take place in the Southern District of Florida, where Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Palm Beach is located.
Stephanopoulos will also have to sit in on testimony, although Reed has given him permission to do so remotely. His testimony will also be limited to a period of four hours.
“The parties are reminded that the Court ‘has already provided a lengthy discovery period . . . and, with Election Day now behind us, there is no reason for any further delay,'” Reed said in the case filed in March. Wrote citing previous order.
Trump sued ABC and Stephanopoulos in March after the network star falsely said several times during a “This Week” interview with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) that Trump “was found liable for rape.” “.
In May 2023, a Manhattan jury ordered Trump to pay $5 million to former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, finding him liable for sexually assaulting her in a department store in 1996 and later defaming her in her statements. Gave, where he denied their allegations.
Trump is seeking unspecified damages.
He has previously filed similar and unsuccessful lawsuits against outlets whose coverage he took issue with, including $475 million case against CNN he is a federal judge Thrown in July 2023,
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