By Bob Brigham An alleged sexual assault that became a defamation lawsuit may be thrown out of court after a Tuesday legal ruling. “A District of Columbia court will have to determine whether Donald J. Trump was acting in his official capacity as president when he scoffed at the accusations of a woman who said he raped her decades ago, a federal appeals court in New York ruled on Tuesday,” The New York Times reported. “The future of the case, involving the writer E. Jean Carroll, depends on the decision. If the D.C. court rules that Mr. Trump was acting in his role as a federal employee — and …