Former US President Donald Trump left the federal courthouse in New York, where the trial of writer Elizabeth Jean Carroll, who accused the politician of rape and libel, was being heard. TV channel reported this CNN.
According to the channel, the politician did not say whether he planned to attend the hearing on January 17, but said that he would not attend the hearing on January 18 due to the commemoration ceremony held in memory of his mother-in-law Amalia. Knavs. Trump’s attorney, Alina Habba, tried to persuade Judge Lewis Kaplan to postpone the hearing from Jan. 18 to Jan. 19 to allow the defendant to attend the hearing every day. However, the judge refused to postpone the hearing, emphasizing that he did not prevent Trump from attending the court.
A jury was appointed at the hearing on January 16. Unlike the Trump Organization fraud case, the judge did not impose any restrictions or rules on Trump’s appearance in court.
This is the second hearing of the case. In May 2023, a jury in a New York court convicted the former US president in a civil lawsuit filed by Carroll, who accused him of harassment and slander. Thereupon, the court demanded that Trump pay $5 million to the writer. Later, the woman changed this amount to $10 million. The particular reason for this was the politician’s “fake” statements on CNN, in which he called Carroll crazy. and fiction” and the file alleges a “fraudulent agreement” against him.
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