As jury selection gets underway Tuesday in New York in former President Donald Trump’s second civil defamation lawsuit brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll, Judge Lewis Kaplan tells prospective jurors “it has been determined already that Mr. Trump did sexually assault Ms. Carroll.” Here are the latest legal developments surrounding the former president who is […]
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“Judge Kaplan is taking exactly zero s**t” from Trump lawyer hours after Carroll trial begins
Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba is hurting the former president’s case with her performance thus far in his second defamation trial from E. Jean Carroll, one legal expert suggests. Just hours after jury selection in the trial began Tuesday, Trump’s attorneys have already seemed to draw the ire of presiding U.S. District Court Judge Lewis […]
Trump Unleashes On E. Jean Carroll Ahead Of Trial To Determine Monetary Damages
Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump secured a win in the Iowa caucuses, solidifying his standing as the front-runner in the Republican presidential primary race, the former president turned his attention to his civil trial in New York Tuesday and spent all morning attacking the plaintiff, E. Jean Carroll. Trump shared 32 posts mentioning […]
Trump damages trial begins in E. Jean Carroll defamation case with former president expected in attendance
Former President Donald Trump is expected to attend his defamation damages trial in New York on Tuesday, a move that could bring him face to face with E. Jean Carroll, the writer he has been found civilly responsible for sexually abusing in the 1990s and whom he has repeatedly mocked and ridiculed since she first […]
Donald Trump heads to trial, again, against E. Jean Carroll
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump could be ordered to pay millions of dollars more to E. Jean Carroll at a second civil trial after the writer accused the former U.S. president of raping her decades ago. Jury selection for the second trial is scheduled to begin on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. Trump has […]
Trump plans to attend start of new E. Jean Carroll trial after Iowa caucuses
Former President Donald Trump intends to attend the start of the new E. Jean Carroll civil damages trial on Tuesday, according to two sources with direct knowledge of his plans. Trump plans to travel from Des Moines, Iowa, to New York City following the state’s caucuses that NBC News projected he won on Monday night, […]
Several Carroll school building projects don’t make priority list for funding
Carroll County budget officials presented a preliminary plan for county-funded construction projects they recommend for funding in fiscal 2025 and beyond to the commissioners last week. It’s an exercise that happens at the start of every new year, as commissioners begin work on the capital improvement program that includes funding for schools, roads, libraries, senior […]
E. Jean Carroll is taking Trump to trial over defamation and sexual abuse. Again. Wait, what?
Donald Trump will face a second trial this week for E. Jean Carroll’s rape claims. A jury already found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation last year. Carroll’s first defamation lawsuit took longer to go to trial and will focus only on damages. Former President Donald Trump will once again go to trial over […]
Appeals court denies Trump request for review of immunity claim in Carroll defamation suit
The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejects a request by lawyers for former President Donald Trump for the full court to review whether federal immunity protects him from being sued for defamation by columnist E. Jean Carroll. In Georgia, meanwhile, Trump’s lawyers submit a court filing Monday in Fulton County asking Judge Scott McAfee […]
Trump loses immunity bid in Carroll defamation suit, to seek Supreme Court review
By Jonathan Stempel and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) –Donald Trump cannot assert presidential immunity from a defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of rape, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday, dealing the former U.S. president another legal setback. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a […]