Donald Trump lost his counterclaim for defamation against E Jean Carroll, a writer who accused him of sexual abuse and defamation. Judge Lewis A Kaplan in New York dismissed Trump's counterclaim, stating that Carroll's allegation of rape against Trump was "substantially true." Carroll had accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s in a New York department store, adding to the allegations made by other women during Trump's career in real estate and entertainment. Judge Kaplan provided an unsparing analysis that upheld the New York verdict and disallowed some of Trump's defenses, including claiming absolute presidential immunity for remarks made in office. Trump faces 78 criminal indictments for various charges, including election subversion and hush-money payments to a porn star. Despite the legal troubles, he still enjoys significant leads in polling for the Republican presidential nomination.