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In this combination photo, President Donald Trump, left, listens during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on March 13, 2017 in Washington and Summer Zervos, a former contestant on "The... In this combination photo, President Donald Trump, left, listens during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, on March 13, 2017 in Washington and Summer Zervos, a former contestant on "The Apprentice" appears at a news conference in Los Angeles on Oct. 14, 2016, to announce claims that Trump made unwanted sexual contact with her at a Beverly Hills hotel in 2007. She sued after Trump dismissed as “fabricated and made-up charges.” Trump’s lawyers say he’s immune from defamation claims brought by Zervos. Lawyers said in a state Supreme Court filing Monday, March 27, 2017, they’ll formally ask for a dismissal or a suspension of the claims until he leaves office. (AP Photos/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, left, and Ringo H.W. Chiu, Files) MORE LESS
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Today a New York court summarily rejected President Trump’s request to freeze former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos’s defamation suit. It can proceed, at least for now.

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