| Trump Speaks
Less Before Judge Engoran
Civil Case Comparisons Two
Sides of Foley Square
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
LITERARY
SDNY,
Jan 25 – When it happened, it
was brief. Very brief. In the
morning Carol Martin
testified, a hostile witness
for the defense.
Only, she was not
hostile. She said when she
called E. Jean Carroll a drug
addict, with her case as her
drug, it was hyperbole. At the
end E. Jean hugged Carol
Martin.
When a
phone rang in the courtroom,
Judge Kaplan inquired and had
the person thrown out, see
below.
Judge
Kaplan wanted to know exactly
what Habba would ask Trump. At
first Habba pushed back, then
recited three questions. Judge
Kaplan first approved only
one, then consented to a
second.
So
different, it had been, with
NYS Judge Engoran next door.
At first he had said Trump
couldn't speak at all, since
he wouldn't agree to the
written conditions. Then as it
happened he let Trump speak,
about the witch hunt and his
beautiful properties, for five
minutes just before lunch.
With Judge
Kaplan it was after lunch. And
it was not a closing argument
- that would be the next day,
Habba only - but rather as one
of the defense's only two
witness. And this was the
direct:
Habba: Defense
calls President Donald
Trump...
Trump: Donald
John Trump.
Habba: You viewed
your deposition?
Trump: I stand by
it 100%, yes.
Trump: She said
something I considered a false
accusation --
Roberta Kaplan:
Objection!
Judge Kaplan:
Sustained.
Habba: I have no
further
questions.
But many had more
questions, including Kurt
Wheelock how in the first
trial had gone up to Bergdorf
Goodman to investigate. Where
would he go now?
More on Substack
here - also on X for
subscribers here
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