Today, legal proceedings in the E. Jean Carroll civil lawsuit against President Trump resumed.
According to sources, President Trump’s legal team requested a mistrial in an 18-page filing, on Monday morning, the first two pages of the filing read:
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan denied the motion almost immediately, though it remains to be seen if more motions to dismiss, on other grounds, are filed.
Here are the latest developments in the ongoing case:
Judge denies Trump attorney's request for mistrial as cross examination resumes in E. Jean Carroll case. Senior Investigative Reporter @AaronKatersky is outside the New York City courthouse with what comes next in the trial. pic.twitter.com/xvnoOhoXQS
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Law & Crime writes:
Kaplan had not identified any part of the 18-page filing by Trump’s attorney Joe Tacopina, who challenged several of the judge’s pre-trial and evidentiary rulings.
The judge simply referred to the motion as one that landed on his desk this morning.
Tacopina complained that Kaplan repeatedly sustained several objections of his questions as argumentative and rejected his motions to preclude testimony by writer Natasha Stoynoff, another Trump accuser on Carroll’s witness list.
‘Denied’: Federal judge immediately rejects Trump’s request for mistrial in E. Jean Carroll civil rape case
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— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 1, 2023
Just The News adds:
Jury selection in the case began last week. Trump has repeatedly denied Carroll’s allegations that he raped her in the mid-1990s in a dressing room.
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