Donald Trump Wants New Trial In E. Jean Carroll Case
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Donald Trump was ordered to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million in a defamation lawsuit brought by her.
Donald Trump is now calling for a new trial.
The reason he cites is that the judge restricted what he could tell jurors while on the witness stand.
Former President Trump demanded he receive a new trial after a jury ordered him to pay $83.3 million in advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan has previously rejected many of the arguments contained within Trump’s two separate post-trial motions, both filed on Tuesday.
In particular, the former president took aim at how Kaplan, a Clinton appointee, heavily restricted what Trump could tell jurors while on the witness stand.
Kaplan imposed the limitations after finding Trump liable for defamation prior to trial because of Carroll’s win in a separate lawsuit last year. January’s trial was limited to the issue of damages.
Trump’s attorneys pointed to an exchange ahead of Trump’s scheduled testimony where the judge asserted he wanted to know “everything (Trump) is going to say.” Kaplan had gone over each question and Trump’s intended responses in meticulous detail before jurors heard from Trump, cutting off the former president at times as he testified. Trump was on the stand for less than five minutes.
