Trump expected to testify as E. Jean Carroll damages trial resumes after Covid delay
Donald Trump is back Thursday in a federal courthouse in New York City, where he's expected to testify in his own defense in E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against him.
Donald Trump is back Thursday in a federal courthouse in New York City, where he's expected to testify in his own defense in E. Jean Carroll's defamation case against him.
Trump was initially expected to testify Monday, but the proceedings were postponed after a juror fell ill and Trump attorney Alina Habba told the judge she'd been exposed to the coronavirus and was feeling sick. Habba and her co-counsel Michael Madaio both tested negative for the virus Monday.
Trump, who defeated Nikki Haley in Tuesday's GOP presidential primary in New Hampshire during the three-day postponement, is likely to take the stand in the early afternoon.
Carroll is seeking at least $10 million in compensatory damages for "injury to her reputation, humiliation and mental anguish in her public and private life," in addition to an unspecified amount in punitive damages to "punish Trump for acting maliciously and to deter Trump and others" from continuing to defame her. An expert who testified on Carroll’s behalf put the cost of repairing her reputation alone at $7 million to $12 million.
Carroll is expected to wrap up her case early in the day, paving the way for Trump's defense to begin. He's listed as one of two possible defense witnesses in the case, in which jurors will be deciding how much he should pay Carroll in damages for defaming her while he was in the White House in 2019, when he accused her of making up a sexual abuse claim against him for financial and political reasons.
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