Trump’s Lawyers Warned As He No-Shows At Rape Trial

April 25, 2023 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies

The Associated Press reports:

For decades, Trump has seemed to shake off allegations, investigations and even impeachments. Now his “Teflon Don” reputation is about to face a new test: a jury of average citizens in a lawsuit accusing him of rape. Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in a trial over former advice columnist’s E. Jean Carroll’s claim that Trump raped her nearly three decades ago in a department store dressing room. He denies it.

Trump has labeled Carroll a “nut job” and “mentally sick.” He claimed she fabricated the rape claim to boost sales of her book. “She’s not my type,” he has said repeatedly, although during sworn questioning in October, he also misidentified her in a photograph as his ex-wife Marla Maples. Carroll didn’t stop to speak with reporters as she arrived at the courthouse Tuesday morning.

Raw Story reports:



U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday ordered attorneys for Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll not to “incite violence.” On the first day of Trump’s civil rape trial, Kaplan gave last-minute instructions to the attorneys before bringing in 48 anonymous potential jurors.

“Judge Lewis Kaplan is about to bring in 48 jurors for voir dire. Before calling them in, he told both parties and their lawyers to ‘refrain from making any statements that will incite violence or civil unrest,’ echoing concerns he raised when he mandated using an anonymous jury,” Bloomberg correspondent Erik Larson reported from the courthouse.

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