Judge denies Trump's motion for mistrial in E. Jean Carroll defamation case

[TwilightZone]

Source: CNN

A federal judge denied Donald Trump’s motions for a mistrial in the defamation case brought by columnist E. Jean Carroll saying the former president’s arguments had no “merit” and are “entirely pointless.”

Judge Lewis Kaplan denied Trump’s motions from the bench during the civil trial and said a written order would follow. In the written order on Wednesday, the judge said granting a request for a mistrial “would have been entirely pointless” because it would only mean that the case would start over.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/07/politics/judge-denies-trumps-motion-for-mistrial-in-e-jean-carroll-defamation-case/index.html

[Deuxcents]

1. Yay! More winning today.

[TwilightZone]

2. It's been a good week.

And it's only Wednesday.

[FeelingBlue]

42. And I'm not feeling at all tired of winning!!! NT

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3. So much winning for pendejo 45. Hugely winning. Winningest ever.

[Deuxcents]

5. No mas, naranja!

[JoseBalow]

17. #CHINGATUMAGA

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20. Adios naranja cabron.

I feel so international…I love DU!!

[Deuxcents]

22. "Adios naranja carbon" would make a great tshirt! I'll check on it..

[leftieNanner]

24. What does that mean? Nt

[Deuxcents]

26. It means..goodbye orange bastard

In Spanish

[leftieNanner]

29. 😂

Excellent!

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30. You were first, I'll delete mine...

[Deuxcents]

35. It's ok..was having some fun!

Growing up in Miami, we learned all the “bad” words and phrases first, as kids do. I’m still living in SW Florida and wish I would have continued my lessons even tho I can get the jest of some conversations. Still have time to learn..

[Comfortably_Numb]

40. You made me smile as I thought back to when we moved to San Angelo, Texas where I learned the best Spanish cuss words.

There and Cheech and Chong..”hey pendejo, that means “my very good friend.”

[Deuxcents]

43. Yeah..I sometimes wonder just what we were really saying 🤗

[Deuxcents]

21. I ordered a t shirt with that on it..all but "2024"

Got it Friday..looks just like this

[JoseBalow]

41. I saw a picture in a thread with a yard sign that said 2020

so I recreated it as close as possible with 2024, to keep it current

[Deuxcents]

44. Good job..

[twodogsbarking]

4. That was swift.

[ALBliberal]

19. No pun intended? Hahaha

[Hassler]

6. Maybe time to change Everything Chump touches dies

To everything Chump touches loses.
Losing loser Dementia J Loser.

[orangecrush]

7. This Judge

Is very brave.

Wish there were more like him.

[3Hotdogs]

8. I guess by now, he's tired

of all this winning.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. They tried to mistrial (or at least throw it out)

due to a tortured and convoluted attempt to show a "conflict of interest" between the judge and prosecution attorney due to them working for the same law firm 30 years ago.

[leftieNanner]

25. Not the prosecution attorney

But Roberta Kaplan. E Jean's attorney.

[BumRushDaShow]

31. I call her the "prosecution"

(but I know that was a civil trial)

[leftieNanner]

33. Ah, yes.

Very good.

[forgotmylogin]

27. It sounds like they were trying to argue responsibility in the damage hearing.

45 skipped the first trial, I guess confident it would go his way. Habba goofed up and apparently doesn't know how to submit evidence, then Donnie decides to attend the damage hearing wanting to argue he was not liable in a case that already concluded saying he was. That's why he and Habba kept getting shut down - they were trying to submit evidence after-the-fact in the wrong venue, and she had a fit saying the judge was rude to her because she wasn't lawyer-ing correctly.

[BumRushDaShow]

38. The stuff that went on during the damages trial

should merit some kind of sanctions. I expect the Judge was probably considering it but he looks like the type who has "seen and heard it all" over many years and would just add this trial to his list of kooky litigations to laugh about.

[bluestarone]

10. Looks like some future judges decisions will be faster because of the

court of appeals decision! (all but one maybe)

[AllaN01Bear]

11. eggscllent,

[Ray Bruns]

12. "saying the former president's arguments had no "merit" and are "entirely pointless."

Isn’t that every motion Trump’s lawyers make?

[MorbidButterflyTat]

13. IMO

That includes everything he's ever done in his miserable, useless life.

[TwilightZone]

16. They have nothing to work with.

Pretty much everything they do is just a stall tactic.

[Hope22]

14. Music to my ears! N/ t

[Blue Owl]

15. Suck it, Pantload

[JoseBalow]

18. Tired of winning

[Torchlight]

23. His year keeps getting worse and worse as the walls close in more and more.

His supporters will have to keep moving those goalposts to pretend ain't nothing gonna happen to him.

[TwilightZone]

36. Hell, just his week!

And it's only Wednesday.

[11 Bravo]

32. More winning for the winningest winner in the history of winning! (Just ask him.)

[TwilightZone]

37. Winning or whining?

Maybe we just misinterpreted him all along, and he really meant that he never gets tired of whining.

Hmm, that makes a lot more sense.

[DaBronx]

34. Haha

That is all

[bluestarone]

39. Judge Cannon needs to attend ONE

Of this judges hearings to witness the RIGHT way to handle TFG.

[DemocraticPatriot]

45. Shouldn't insult and threaten the judge, who is going to rule upon

your later motions.... Basic Law 101


(Quite likely that advice is not included in 'Basic Law 101' at present,
but is included in 'Basic Common Sense for Beginners'.

Obviously changes will have to be made in law education standards....




(Not to imply that the motion had any merit, because it didn't---
but it is pretty damned stupid to prejudice the judge against your own case
by language and threats that could imperil their life....)