Trump's lawyers claim the judge has made prejudicial rulings; the judge disagrees; the trial goes on.
After losing a bid to dismiss the case, an attorney for Donald Trump spent Monday trying to challenge the credibility of E. Jean Carroll and her claims that Trump raped her in 1996.
Asked repeatedly why she waited years to make the accusation, the 79-year-old Carroll said she feared retribution from Trump and also grew up as part of a"silent generation" that stayed quiet about such attacks. “The fact that I never went to the police is not surprising for somebody my age,” Carroll testified as she concluded three days of often contentious testimony.noted that Carroll said she once called the police because she feared the mailbox at the home where she was staying might be damaged on Halloween.Motion for mistrial deniedIn a motion for a mistrial, Tacopina claimed U.S. District Judge Lewis A.
Carroll repeated her testimony from last week by saying she was afraid to speak out at the time because she feared retribution from Trump and his associates.The former president is on a trip to Scotland and Ireland to inspect his golf properties in those countries.The Associated Press contributed to this report
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