Trump
Moves for
Mistrial In
Carroll Trial
Citing
Unfairness
& Eric
Trump on Reid
Hoffman Role
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
May 1 – When
E. Jean
Carroll
testified on
April 26 on
direct
examination
about Donald
Trump
allegedly
raping her in
Bergdorf
Goodman's in
1996, then
defaming her
in 2019,
Trump's lawyer
Joe Tacopina
repeatedly
objected.
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern
District of
New York
Judge Louis A.
Kaplan denied
most
objections -
and told
Tacopina that
his client
might be
subjecting
himself to
liability
under other
Federal
statutes with
his posts on
Truth Social
(and his son
Eric's
statements).
Now early on
May 1, Trump's
lawyer
Tacopina has
filed an
18-page motion
for a
mistrial,
citing alleged
unfairness,
including
statements
about
liability for
Eric Trump's
expressed view
on Reid
Hoffman's role
in the case.
Motion on
Patreon
here.
Inner
City Press
live tweeted
the direct
testimony,
thread here
Then
on April 27,
the cross
examination,
here
Late on Sunday
April 30
Carroll's
lawyer
docketed a
letter
referencing a
sealed filing:
"the Court
invited
further
briefing.
Plaintiff now
files such
briefing and
corresponding
papers, and
respectfully
requests leave
to file them
under seal
given the
nature of the
issue."
Inner
City Press has
written up
seeking to
unseal. Watch
this site.
Court
art: Tacopina
and Judge
Kaplan,
courtesy to
Inner City
Press from
Elizabeth
Williams
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