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CNN reports:
Once E. Jean Carroll is off the witness stand, her lawyers plan to call an expert witness and others who testified at the first defamation trial last year as part of their case that Donald Trump should pay damages for defaming Carroll denying her rape allegations.
And Carroll’s lawyers have indicated they may play portions of Trump’s 2022 deposition, as well as the widely reported Access Hollywood tape, where Trump can be heard making vulgar comments about his treatment of women to show host Billy Bush.
Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled before trial that the tape may played, ruling it could inform the jury on Trump’s views of women who accuse him of assault.
Read the full article. Carroll’s testimony just ended.
Habba: And you’ve been on left leaning platforms?
Carroll’s lawyer: Objection
Judge Kaplan: Sustained.
Habba: They are left leaning?
Judge Kaplan: Did you not hear me?
Habba: You went on TV?
Carroll: To say we’d won this milestone case.— Inner City Press (@innercitypress) January 18, 2024
‘This is Evidence 101’: Alina Habba hit with 10 sustained objections in a rowhttps://t.co/p3UtrnpnfQ
— Raw Story (@RawStory) January 18, 2024
Habba is now trying, without much success, to elicit that Carroll’s public persona was “sexually promiscuous” before the Trump saga. Judge Kaplan is not having it, sustaining the bulk of objections from Carroll’s lawyer Robbie Kaplan (no relation to the judge).
— Rachel Scharf (@rscharf_) January 18, 2024
Habba finishes her cross of Carroll with:
Q: “Your reputation today is better in many ways, isn’t it?”
A: “No, my status is lower. I’m partaking in this trial to bring my old reputation and status back.”
Q: “So you sued Donald Trump to bring your old reputation back?
A: “Yeah.”— Rachel Scharf (@rscharf_) January 18, 2024
According to FEC records, Trump affiliated PACs have paid Alina Habba $2,528,408.06 in legal fees between 2/11/22 and 6/20/23. pic.twitter.com/aww8VIVvnJ
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) January 18, 2024