"Completing those depositions -- which already have been delayed for years -- would impose no undue burden on Mr. Trump," Judge Lewis Kaplan said. MORE: President Trump trying to halt defamation lawsuit, E. Jean Carroll's attorney says"We are pleased that Judge Kaplan agreed with our position not to stay discovery in this case," Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said. PHOTO: Donald Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll arrives for her hearing at federal court during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, Oct. 21, 2020. MORE: E. Jean Carroll's suit against Trump complicated with new rulingThe 2nd Circuit asked the D.C. Court of Appeals, whose law governs the scope of conduct by government employees, to weigh in. Donald Trump must sit for deposition in defamation suit filed by E. Jean Carroll, judge says originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

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