NEW YORK -- Former President Donald Trump now has a Dec. 23 deadline to undergo questioning in a former "Apprentice" contestant's defamation lawsuit over what he said in denying her sexual assault allegations, a court said Monday.
Then-President Trump was weeks away from a January 2020 deposition deadline when he won a delay to ask the New York's top court to consider holding off the case entirely until he was out of office. He argued that sitting presidents couldn't be sued in state courts. He denied her allegations, retweeted a message that called her claims "a hoax" and described the women who accused him of sexual assault and harassment as "liars" trying to hurt his 2016 campaign's chances.
Trump's new lawyer, Alina Habba, said Monday she plans to expand the former president's response to the case. She said she planned to draw on a 2020 New York law meant to protect people from frivolous lawsuits launched by the powerful to squelch criticism. "With the new law in place, I think this case will be wrapped up very quickly," she said after court.
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