Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends jury choice in the second civil trial after Carroll accused Trump of raping her many years in the past, at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City, U.S., January 16, 2024 in this courtroom sketch.
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Former President Donald Trump is anticipated to testify Thursday in author E. Jean Carroll’s civil defamation case towards him.
Trump was initially set to take the witness stand Monday in Manhattan federal courtroom, however the trial was postponed after a juror called in sick.
Presiding Judge Lewis Kaplan gave Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba the possibility to proceed the case that day with eight jurors as a substitute of 9, however Habba declined, telling Kaplan she was additionally feeling in poor health.
The resumption of the case, which was delayed for 3 days, additionally marked the return of Trump’s courtroom-centric presidential marketing campaign technique.
Trump explicitly tied his marketing campaign to his authorized troubles in a Truth Social post Wednesday night time, saying his journey to New York City on the heels of his victory in New Hampshire’s Republican primary.
E. Jean Carroll walks outdoors Manhattan Federal Court, for the second civil trial after she accused former U.S. President Donald Trump of raping her many years in the past, in New York City, U.S., January 25, 2024.
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The former president in current weeks has appeared at numerous his lively civil and legal circumstances, even when he was not required to achieve this, drawing heavy media consideration and new fundraising alternatives for his marketing campaign.
Trump has decried all of his authorized battles as witch hunts, claiming that they’re being orchestrated by the Biden administration to harm his 2024 presidential bid.
But a jury in a related civil case final yr already discovered Trump responsible for sexually abusing Carroll in a division retailer in the Nineteen Nineties after which defaming her in denying her allegation in late 2022.
That jury ordered Trump to pay $5 million to Carroll. Trump is interesting the decision.
The trial resuming Thursday is being held solely to decide how a lot Trump should pay Carroll in damages, since Kaplan decided that the query of whether or not Trump defamed Carroll had already been established.
Carroll’s attorneys are looking for at the very least $10 million from Trump in this case.
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