Trump’s attorneys withdraw claim he can’t be sued by journalist accusing him of rape based on his residential status

NEW YORK – A journalist suing President Donald Trump for defamation thanked Twitter users Tuesday for helping her move the case forward. E. Jean Carroll, who has accused Trump of raping her inside the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman in the 1990s and is suing him in Manhattan Supreme Court for defamation, tweeted her gratitude following the latest development in the case. “Because you …