New York (AFP) – Former US president Donald Trump testified Wednesday in a defamation case pitting him against a prominent former American columnist who says he raped her in the 1990s. E. Jean Carroll, 78, alleges that Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store. Last week, a New York federal court judge rejected a motion by Trump, who has denied the accusation, to further delay his deposition. The New York law firm representing Carroll said in a statement: “We’re pleased that on behalf of our client… we were able to take Donald Trump’s deposition today.” The firm, Kaplan He…