Judge in Donald Trump rape case warns against inciteful statements
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…