NY – Ex POTUS Donald Trump, sued by E. Jean Carroll for defamation, Trial 15 Jan 2024

[Niner]

Wednesday, January 17th:
*Trial continues (Day 2) (@ 9:30am ET) - New York – E. Jean Carroll vs. Donald John Trump. Amended complaint against Trump seeking new damages of at least $10 million, based in part on comments Trump made during a CNN town hall on 5/10/23.
U.S. District of Manhattan 1:20-cv-07311/defamation suit/1:22-cv-10016/damages
U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan presiding. Trump’s attorneys Alina Habba & Michael T. Madaio, defense attorney Shawn Crowley.
These defamation charges were postponed by Judge Lewis Kaplan on 3/30/23. Carroll's first defamation lawsuit against Trump was filed in November 2019. But that case has been put on hold while Trump argues that a federal law protects him from being sued for defamation for comments he made while president. And was amended to Trump’s comments made on 5/10/23.
Trial began on 1/16/24 with jury selection. 9 jurors selected.
Case info from 5/22/23 thru 1/16/24 reference post #70 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...or-defamation-trial-15-jan-2024.690440/page-4
1/16/24 Tuesday, Trial Day 1/Jury Selection Day 1: Jury selection has started. 9 jurors have been selected. Both Carroll & Trump in courtroom.
Opening statements by Carroll attorney Shawn Crowley & by Trump attorney Alina Habba.
For more info see post #77 (article) here
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...or-defamation-trial-15-jan-2024.690440/page-4
Carroll is slated to testify Wednesday in the trial, which is expected to last a few days. Trump’s lawyers have also indicated he plans to testify, although Trump has changed his mind on testifying before in other trials. Trial continues on Wednesday, 1/17/24.

 

[sds71]

VERY testy exchange between Habba and Judge Kaplan after Habba again asked for adjournment so Trump can attend funeral. Kaplan: "The application is denied. I will hear no further argument on it." Habba attempted to speak.Kaplan: "None. Do you understand that word?
Sit down."

Habba: "I don't like to be spoken to that way, your honor." She continued to ask for an adjournment, at which point Kaplan cut her off again: "It’s denied. Sit down."

Carroll is now testifying

Carroll testified that she used to be known as a writer, and as a result of Trump's comments, "now I’m known as a liar and a fraud and a whack job.”

Trump is watching her, sitting hunched over, with his arms on the defense table.

After an objection by Habba, Kaplan admonishes her. "First of all, when you speak in this courtroom, you'll stand up

After Habba says she intends to question Carroll about a topic previously deemed off-limits, Judge Kaplan scolds her again: "The last I heard, Ms. Habba, I do not need announcements from counsel about what they intend to do."Habba stared to speak.Judge Kaplan: “Sit down.”
With the jury out of the room, Carroll's lawyer Shawn Crowley is complaining that Trump is muttering loud enough that the plaintiff's table can hear him. Crowley says Trump is saying Carroll's testimony is false and suggesting she has "suddenly gotten her memory back."

https://x.com/eorden/status/1747655371181752785?s=20

https://x.com/eorden/status/1747638567503815054?s=20

 

[MrsWatson]

Judge threatens to remove Trump from courtroom during Day 2 of E. Jean Carroll trial: Highlights

Live updates as E. Jean Carroll testifies in her defamation case against former President Donald Trump.

www.nbcnews.com

Before bringing the jury back into the courtroom, Judge Kaplan made a point to ask Trump "to take special care to keep his voice down so the jury does not overhear it."

Trump has been vocal throughout Carroll's testimony so far, even slamming the table in anger at one point. At another, the judge asked Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, to sit down, to which Trump said, "nasty guy."

 

[Herat]

Judge threatens to remove Trump from courtroom during Day 2 of E. Jean Carroll trial: Highlights

Live updates as E. Jean Carroll testifies in her defamation case against former President Donald Trump.

www.nbcnews.com

Before bringing the jury back into the courtroom, Judge Kaplan made a point to ask Trump "to take special care to keep his voice down so the jury does not overhear it."

Trump has been vocal throughout Carroll's testimony so far, even slamming the table in anger at one point. At another, the judge asked Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, to sit down, to which Trump said, "nasty guy."

Oh boy. Are we going into another sanction on Trump for his theatrics, again?

 

[sds71]

Kaplan threatened to kick Trump out of court after Carroll counsel complained again about Trump's commentary. Kaplan: "Mr. Trump has the right to be present here. That right can be forfeited." He continued: "Mr. Trump, I hope I don’t have to consider excluding you from the trial"

After Trump threw his hands up in the air and said, "I would love it," Judge Kaplan continued: "I know you would," Kaplan said. "I know you would. You just can’t control yourself in this circumstance, apparently."

https://x.com/eorden/status/1747682290317095177?s=20

 

[Leilei]

Kaplan threatened to kick Trump out of court after Carroll counsel complained again about Trump's commentary. Kaplan: "Mr. Trump has the right to be present here. That right can be forfeited." He continued: "Mr. Trump, I hope I don’t have to consider excluding you from the trial"

After Trump threw his hands up in the air and said, "I would love it," Judge Kaplan continued: "I know you would," Kaplan said. "I know you would. You just can’t control yourself in this circumstance, apparently."

https://x.com/eorden/status/1747682290317095177?s=20

Contempt charges would be lovely. And he doesn't even need to be there!

 

[MrsWatson]

From the NBC updates, link above

Trump attacks judge on Truth Social after judge threatens to throw him out of court​

Rebecca Shabadis in Washington, D.C.
After the judge threatened to remove Trump from the courtroom, the former president railed against Kaplan on his Truth Social account.

"I feel an obligation to be at every moment of this ridiculous trial because we have a seething and hostile Clinton-appointed Judge, Lewis Kaplan, who suffers from a major case of Trump Derangement Syndrome," he wrote.

Trump said that the judge was reported to be "extraordinarily hostile" toward him in the first trial involving him and Carroll.

"I should have gone, if for no other reason than to witness and speak up against the abuse carried out by this Judge," Trump said, who also complained that the judge wouldn't delay the trial, which the former president is not obligated to attend, for Melania Trump's mother's funeral on Thursday.

 

[MrsWatson]

During Habba's cross-examination, Kaplan admonished her for reading a document that wasn't in evidence.

Kaplan said the court was going to break until 3:30 p.m. and he told Habba that during that time, she might want to refresh her memory about how to enter a document into evidence.

Judge threatens to remove Trump from courtroom during Day 2 of E. Jean Carroll trial: Highlights

Live updates as E. Jean Carroll testifies in her defamation case against former President Donald Trump.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[MrsWatson]

More from NBC, linked above

Habba grilled Carroll about deleting messages she received that contained death threats. Trump's attorney asked Carroll if she currently possesses all of the messages that related to death threats and Carroll said that she deleted them early on because she said she had no idea how to deal with them.

Habba questioned why Carroll didn't provide the messages to anyone, including the police or lawyers.

She then asked for a mistrial based on the deleted messages, which Kaplan denied.

 

[SouthAussie]

Judge Kaplan immediately denied the request and said, "The jury will disregard everything Ms. Habba just said."
ABC News live updates

Alina Habba is making a mockery out of intelligent lawyers and the court process. imo


I see Alina Habba also received disparaging remarks from a FL judge when trump lost his lawsuit against Hillary Clinton in early 2023.
“This case should never have been brought. Its inadequacy as a legal claim was evident from the start,” US District Judge Donald Middlebrooks wrote in his scathing 46-page order. “No reasonable lawyer would have filed it,” he continued.
Link

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Trump heads to court as rape accuser E. Jean Carroll takes stand

The former president, 77, flew back to New York late on Tuesday night after a campaign rally in New Hampshire to cap off a whirlwind 24 hours since winning the Iowa caucuses.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower with mysterious marks on his fingers as rape accuser E. Jean Carroll takes the stand in $10million defamation trial​

Hmmm, caught red handed ?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Ex-staff of Ivanka Trump ends up in jury pool for Donald's lawsuit

A former member of Ivanka Trump's communications team has ended up in the jury pool for the ex-president's civil lawsuit trial against E. Jean Carroll.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Former member of Ivanka Trump's communications team ends up in jury pool for Donald's civil lawsuit against journalist E. Jean Carroll​

One woman said that she used to work for Trump's daughter Ivanka on her communications team in 2017 - but said it won't impact her ability to be fair.

NYDailyNews reporter Molly Crane-Newman said: 'A woman says she worked for Ivanka Trump's company doing communications work in 2017/18 and also says it won't impact her ability to be fair to both sides.'

The former staff member's identity and position was not disclosed, and it is unclear if she was one of the nine people chosen to be a part of the jury.

 

[ilovewings]

Judge threatens to remove Trump from courtroom during Day 2 of E. Jean Carroll trial: Highlights

Live updates as E. Jean Carroll testifies in her defamation case against former President Donald Trump.

www.nbcnews.com

Before bringing the jury back into the courtroom, Judge Kaplan made a point to ask Trump "to take special care to keep his voice down so the jury does not overhear it."

Trump has been vocal throughout Carroll's testimony so far, even slamming the table in anger at one point. At another, the judge asked Trump's attorney, Alina Habba, to sit down, to which Trump said, "nasty guy."

Anybody else disp!aying that behavior in court would be cited
For contempt and would spend a night in jail and/or a significant
Fine--But not Trump-- he does whatever he wants-- judges use
Harsh words, but no action-- it is sickening!!!!!

 

[IzzyBlanche]

Anybody else disp!aying that behavior in court would be cited
For contempt and would spend a night in jail and/or a significant
Fine--But not Trump-- he does whatever he wants-- judges use
Harsh words, but no action-- it is sickening!!!!!

You're right, but he WANTS to get thrown out. He even said he'd love it. More ammunition for him to paint himself as the victim to his followers.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I wonder if he had a fit of temper and punched something.
Something that may have caused the marks on his hand.

 

[PommyMommy]

During Habba's cross-examination, Kaplan admonished her for reading a document that wasn't in evidence.

Kaplan said the court was going to break until 3:30 p.m. and he told Habba that during that time, she might want to refresh her memory about how to enter a document into evidence.

Judge threatens to remove Trump from courtroom during Day 2 of E. Jean Carroll trial: Highlights

Live updates as E. Jean Carroll testifies in her defamation case against former President Donald Trump.

www.nbcnews.com

Isn't she the one who said she could fake being smart? That was a lie. MOO

 

[IzzyBlanche]

I wonder if he had a fit of temper and punched something.
Something that may have caused the marks on his hand.

I think in that case that marks would have been on the back of his hand.

Weird that they apparently weren't there at his rally the night before.

I took a fall recently that resulted in a couple of nasty fabric burns. The marks almost look like they did at first.

They also look to me kind of like burns he might have gotten from picking up something hot, but that's just from life experience and not any medical knowledge.

I hope we find out.

 

[Auntie Cipation]

I wonder if he had a fit of temper and punched something.
Something that may have caused the marks on his hand.

Looks to me like he grabbed a hot pot handle or something. Not that he cooks, but something cylindrical and hot, the marks seem to match where the hand would contact when grabbed. Maybe the wrong end of a curling iron?

Or, it could be ketchup.

 

[Herat]

Or a messy red Sharpie

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Oh yes that's right, punching would leave a mark on the knuckles,