On January 16, 2024, E. Jean Carroll was back in court facing a second defamation trial against former President Donald Trump, per CBS. While Trump was in office, he was given immunity from the defamation case, but in July 2023, the Justice Department reversed the decision, allowing the case to move forward, per CNN. This second case will determine how much money the writer will be awarded for Trump’s comments about her story back in 2019, where he denied the rape accusations and suggested that Carroll was “not his type.” The comments have already been ruled defamatory by the judge, so the case is solely focused on the damages aspect, per CBS.
For the first time in years, Trump and Carroll were in the same room as they attended the trial’s first day, per CNN. Just a day prior, Trump had a victorious win in the Iowa caucus. The first day of the trial included jury selection for those who would determine how much the writer would be awarded in damages. Federal Judge Lewis Kaplan, who is overseeing the case, laid out the timeline for the trial and revealed that it should take no more than three to five days. It’s unclear whether Trump will testify, but Carroll is expected to do so, and her team is also planning to play Trump’s 2022 deposition as well as his infamous Access Hollywood tape where he made disparaging comments toward women.
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