Judge rebukes Trump for 'entirely inappropriate' post before E Jean Carroll testimony

[BeckyDem]

Wed 26 Apr 2023 12.16 EDT


E Jean Carroll, the advice columnist suing Donald Trump for rape, testified on Wednesday in the civil trial of the former president for alleged battery and defamation.

“I’m here because Donald Trump raped me,” she said.

Before Carroll took the stand, however, the judge in the case, Lewis A Kaplan, rebuked Trump for an “entirely inappropriate” statement on his social media platform, Truth Social, shortly before proceedings began.

Kaplan warned the former president’s lawyers that such statements about the case could bring more legal problems upon himself.

Trump, who has not attended so far, called the case “a made-up scam”. He also called Carroll’s lawyer “a political operative” and alluded to a DNA issue Kaplan has ruled cannot be part of the case.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/26/trump-rape-trial-e-jean-carroll-testify

( Manipulative sleazeball will do everything in his power to control the jury's viewpoint. )

[emulatorloo]

1. If he has anything to say, he should come to court and testify and be cross examined.

But he’s too much of a coward for that.

FWIW I just read he did delete those Truth Social posts.

[BeckyDem]

2. He is a smarmy bastard...knowing he had to delete them after they were seen and

now reported on is all part of the manipulation.

[getagrip_already]

3. if the judge has a breaking point, tfg will push way past it

And then he will use the judges reaction as grounds to appeal his treatment, try to get the case tossed, and delay.

It's what he does. Fight the court so he doesn't have t fight the case.

[BeckyDem]

4. +1

[world wide wally]

5. I'm suing Trump for making me physically ill every time I see him on TV

[Skittles]

6. lawyers usually advise their clients to STFU

that's an impossibility with that blowhard Trump