President Trump asserts immunity against defamation claims

NEW YORK - Republican President Donald Trump's lawyers say he's immune while president from defamation claims brought by a former contestant on his reality TV show "The Apprentice."The lawyers say in a New York state Supreme Court filing Monday they'll formally ask for dismissal of the January claims by Summer Zervos. They say the Constitution immunizes Trump from being sued in state court while president.The lawyers say a long line of U.S. Supreme Court cases requires courts to show deference t