Judge rebukes Trump for 'entirely inappropriate' post before E Jean Carroll testimony [View all]
Wed 26 Apr 2023 12.16 EDT
E Jean Carroll, the advice columnist suing Donald Trump for rape, testified on Wednesday in the civil trial of the former president for alleged battery and defamation.
“I’m here because Donald Trump raped me,” she said.
Before Carroll took the stand, however, the judge in the case, Lewis A Kaplan, rebuked Trump for an “entirely inappropriate” statement on his social media platform, Truth Social, shortly before proceedings began.
Kaplan warned the former president’s lawyers that such statements about the case could bring more legal problems upon himself.
Trump, who has not attended so far, called the case “a made-up scam”. He also called Carroll’s lawyer “a political operative” and alluded to a DNA issue Kaplan has ruled cannot be part of the case.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/26/trump-rape-trial-e-jean-carroll-testify
( Manipulative sleazeball will do everything in his power to control the jury's viewpoint. )
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