Trump claims rape accuser E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit is unconstitutional

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Former President Donald Trump has attempted to dismiss a lawsuit by essayist E. Jean Carroll accusing him of rape, claiming that the law under which the suit was filed is inherently unconstitutional.

"The Adult Survivors Act, well-intentioned as it may be, is a fundamentally flawed law that is unable to withstand constitutional scrutiny," Trump's attorney Alina Habba said in a filing in Manhattan court on Wednesday obtained by Bloomberg.

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Rafi Schwartz, The Week US

Rafi Schwartz has worked as a politics writer at The Week since 2022, where he covers elections, Congress and the White House. He was previously a contributing writer with Mic focusing largely on politics, a senior writer with Splinter News, a staff writer for Fusion's news lab, and the managing editor of Heeb Magazine, a Jewish life and culture publication. Rafi's work has appeared in Rolling Stone, GOOD and The Forward, among others.