Trump seeks ‘cooling off’ delay in civil case involving rape claim
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A Trump lawyer asked for a four-week postponement in a trial involving E. Jean Carroll because of publicity surrounding the former president’s arraignment in a separate criminal case.
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Joe Tacopina, Trump's lawyer, argued that the surge of coverage from his client's recent indictment and arraignment could taint the jury pool in the E. Jean Carroll case.
Donald Trump is seeking a four-week delay to a civil trial over his alleged rape of New York author E. Jean Carroll, citing a “deluge” of publicity from his recent unrelated criminal indictment.
An attorney for Donald Trump is seeking a one-month delay in the trial regarding a columnist’s claims that Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.
A Trump lawyer asked for a four-week postponement in a trial involving E. Jean Carroll because of publicity surrounding the former president’s arraignment in a separate criminal case.
By Kara Scannell, CNN Lawyers for former President Donald Trump asked a judge to delay the start of a sexual assault and defamation trial for one month to allow a “cooling off” period following the historic indictment charging Trump with falsifying business records.
Joseph Tacopina cited "the recent deluge of prejudicial media coverage" of Trump's indictment related to Trump's alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniels.
The author E. Jean Carroll has accused Donald J. Trump of attacking her in a dressing room, and the ex-president complained of pretrial publicity. The case is supposed to begin on April 25.
