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May

2023

By LUC COHEN and HANNAH LANG

Trump will not testify in New York rape, defamation trial

WORLD

FORMER U.S. President Donald Trump will not testify at a civil trial to challenge claims made by writer E. Jean Carroll that he raped her in the 1990s and later defamed her, after letting a Sunday deadline pass without asking the court to appear. Trump’s attorney Joseph Tacopina told the judge on Thursday that Trump had waived his right to testify in the trial in Manhattan federal court and opted not to present a defence in the case, gambling that jurors will find that Carroll had failed to make a persuasive case. In response to a Reuters request for comment,…

Apr

2023

By The African Mirror

Judge in Donald Trump rape case warns against inciteful statements

WORLD

LUC COHEN, JACK QUEEN and JONATHAN STEMPEL THE judge in former President Donald Trump's rape case ordered lawyers at the start of a civil trial to keep their clients and witnesses from making public statements that could lead to violence. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan admonished them before seating nine jurors who will weigh whether Trump raped former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s - and defamed her by denying it happened. Opening statements were scheduled to begin later on Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. The trial is expected to…