| Trump
Does Not Show
but Closes on
Carroll Scheme
as Access
Hollywood Tape
Cited
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 8 – During
the trial of
E. Jean
Carroll versus
Donald Trump,
both sides put
in exhibits,
but none were
made available
to the public
or press.
On
May 8, the
closing
argument were
given.
Carroll's lead
counsel
Roberta
Kaplan, who
had released
Trump's
deposition in
response to
Press requests
on May 5, took
less than the
expected two
hours (thread
here).
Trump's
lawyer Joe
Tacopina
argued that
Carroll, Lisa
Birnbach and
Carol Martin
had come up
with the story
in 2019
(though Martin
soon chafed at
it).
Michael
Ferrara, in
rebuttal,
emphasized
that Trump
hadn't
bothered to
show up,
leaving only
his deposition
and the Access
Hollywood
tape, which
Ferrara called
a confession.
The jury
charge is set
for May 9 at
10 am - then
deliberations.
Then, after
the verdict,
Inner City
Press' booklet
on the case.
Watch this
site.
On May 4,
Inner City
Press filed a
written request
to Judge Louis
A. Kaplan,
copied to each
party,
requesting
that the
exhibit be
released, and
several
motions be
unsealed.
In court on
May 4, Judge
Kaplan
directed the
parties to
either release
the exhibits -
which
Carroll's
counsel said
she would do -
or file a
response into
the docket by
Saturday, May
6 at noon. He
said the Press
could reply by
Sunday, May 7
at 5pm.
On Friday May
5, Carroll's
counsel made
some but not
all exhibits
available to
the press on
DropBox,
including
portions of
her deposition
of Donald
Trump.
Inner
City Press published that on YouTube, it
was reported
for example here.
But the
defense didn't
provide any
exhibits nor
file a
response by
Saturday at
noon. And not
all of
Carroll's were
provided by
DropBox.
So
on Sunday, May
7 before 5 pm,
Inner City
Press filed this:
"Dear
Judge
Kaplan:
While during
the trial
defense
counsel
proffered and
introduced a
number of
Defense
Exhibits, none
were included
in what has
been made
available by
plaintiff's
counsel on
DropBox, which
consists of:
PX 1, 4, 11,
12, 13, 14,
15, 16, 19,
22, 24, 45,
46, 48, 51,
53, 57, 108,
108-T, 112,
112-T, 121 and
200
(deposition of
defendant, 48
minutes).
No
DX of any
kind.
Our
May 4 request
was for both
parties'
exhibits, as
well as the
sealed motions
we now
understand
will be
docketed upon
jury verdict
in this case.
So this filing
seeks an order
making all of
the
Defendant's
Exhibit
public.
These
include but
are not
limited to:
Defendant's
exhibit AA,
introduced by
Mr. Seigel
describing Ms.
Carroll saying
that Les
Moonves
graphically
sexually
assaulted her
on an
elevator, 162
of the
transcript,
lines 12
through
17;
Defense Exhbit
AY, introduced
by Mr.
Tacopina,
described as a
spreadsheet by
Cande Carroll;
also Defense
Exhibit BS;
Defense
Exhibit BT (it
was unclear if
it involved
pages 21, or
23, or
31);
Defense
Exhibit AJ,
described as a
text message
involving Lisa
Birnbach and
Megan Twohey;
Defense
Exhibit ER,
described as
Carol Martin
telling a
friend that
Ms. Carroll
intended to
sue Donald
Trump for
rape, that
"it's gone to
another level"
and that for
Ms. Carroll
"this quest
has become a
life
style."
As
to seemingly
not-yet-released
Plaintiff's
Exhibits,
there appeared
to be an
Exhibit 52, in
which a person
referred to as
Steph
reportedly
said, You're
going to get
hurt; Exhibit
31 and 31-T,
Exhibit 17;
these were not
on DropBox.
These exhibits
should be
ordered
released,
including the
Defense
Exhibits.
Again -- upon
a verdict if
not before -
the sealed
motions and
briefs should
be docketed
and redacted
only as
strictly
necessary; a
copy of any
transcript of
the sealed
April 27, 2023
proceeding
should
similarly be
docketed, with
any necessary
redactions."
More
on Substack here.
Watch
this
site.
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