Trump tells judge in his defamation case he would “love” him removed from court

The former president of U.S donald trump (2017-2021) sat again this Wednesday in the dock for a defamation case against the writer E. Jean Carrollwhere he told the judge that “would love”Get thrown out of court.

The judge Lewis Kaplan warned the Republican that he could be thrown out of court if he made comments to his lawyer while Carroll’s testimony was taking place.

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“Trump has the right to be present here (but) that right could be lost if he is disruptive. And if you ignore the court orders, Mr. Trump, I hope I don’t have to consider excluding you from the trial.,” said Kaplan.

To which Trump responded: “I would love”.

He also let his comments resonate on his social network, Social Truthwhere today he published that Kaplan is “a totally biased and hostile person”.

“The entire system New York is rigged against me by the fact that not only am I a former Republican president, but I am also the Republican favorite and I beat the corrupt Joe BidenFOR MUCH”(although electoral fraud in the 2020 elections has never been proven), can be read in one of the many long messages published by Trump, who spent the entire day in court today.

Trump and Carroll, face to face

In this trial, Trump will have to respond to Carroll’s accusations of defamation when he claimed, in 2019, that he did not know the writer, and that his confession -made that same year- that the former president had sexually abused her in the 1970s ninety was false.

Carroll is asking for $10 million in compensation.

Last May, a jury convicted Trump of sexual abuse and defamation of the writer, but not of rape. Since then, the former president has continued to claim that he does not know her, repeatedly questioning her version of events.

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Today Trump and Carroll saw each other for the first time in years when the writer took the stand to give her version of events, as yesterday Carroll turned his back on her throughout the day.

This Wednesday, E. Jean Carroll She was questioned by her lawyer and told how, as a result of comments Trump made in 2019 – while he was president – ​​she received hateful messages in her email and on social media – messages that she deleted immediately after reading.

“I’m here because Trump harassed me (sexually) and when I said it he denied it, which affected my reputation,” Carroll stated.

The columnist said that among the “hundreds“Of the messages she received every day at that time, there were three things in common: they called her a liar, ugly, and said that since her accusation was false, she was harming the victims of true accusations.

Furthermore, he commented on some threats with a choked voice and said that since 2019 he has slept with a revolver and 22 bullets on his bedside table, although today he acknowledged that he does not have a gun permit.

Judge refuses to declare mistrial

Trump’s lawyer Alina Habbaasked Kaplan to cancel the trial, pointing out that Carroll admitted today to having deleted threatening messages between 2019 and 2023, information that could be fundamental in deciding compensation for damages.

However, Kaplan rejected the motion and asked the jury – made up of seven men and two women – to ignore the request.

Carroll, for his part, said he excluded them because “instinct” and recalled that he never informed the police about the matter, as he believed that they could do nothing, nor could his friends, to avoid worrying them.

SEE TOO: Macron says he has no problem working with Trump again if he wins the US elections.

From court to rally

On Monday, Trump won his first pre-election victory after winning more than 50% of the vote in the Iowa Conventions and just yesterday, after attending the first day of the trial, he held another political rally in New Hampshire.

The campaign for New Hampshire, where the path may be open for the last Republican candidates, will again lead today to donald trump to that state, where – as he stated today in a brief appearance before the press – “We have research that indicates that we are in the lead with a big difference”.

Trump will not attend the hearing tomorrow because he will be attending the funeral of his mother-in-law – the mother of melania trump-, after Judge Kaplan refused to suspend the hearing for that reason. Kaplan, Trump told reporters, is not just an anti-Trump judge, “he is a disgusting judge”.

Source: Elcomercio

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