A federal judge Thursday denied a request by Donald Trump's legal team to instruct the jury in his upcoming civil trial on rape charges that the former president is "excused" from attending unless called to testify.
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New revelations that a major contributor to Democrats helped finance a lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of rape is fresh reason to delay this month’s trial for a month, a lawyer for the former president said Thursday. But his accuser’s attorney claims Trump just wants to avoid trial.
Donald Trump’s rape trial will begin next week as scheduled after a federal judge on Monday rejected his lawyer’s request for a one-month delay, saying the former president cannot make public statements to promote pretrial publicity and then claim it’s prejudicial to him and reason to delay a trial.
A federal judge in New York on Monday rejected former President Donald Trump’s request to delay a trial over whether he defamed writer E. Jean Carroll when he denied accusations that he raped her.
The court said news coverage “significantly” provoked by Donald Trump himself is no reason to push back the date of a trial at which three women are expected to detail sexual assault allegations.
A lawyer for Trump had argued that the former president should be allowed a “cooling off” period following his recent historic indictment by a Manhattan grand jury, citing a surge of media coverage.
The judge said the court does not accept Trump’s counsel’s “claims concerning alleged burdens on the courthouse or the City” if the former president were to testify at the trial.
A federal judge Thursday denied a request by Donald Trump's legal team to instruct the jury in his upcoming civil trial on rape charges that the former president is "excused" from attending unless called to testify.
