Trump continues blasting E. Jean Carroll as damages trial postponed amid Covid concerns

E. Jean Carroll’s defamation suit against Donald Trump — and his possible testimony — was postponedfor two days Monday over Covid concerns, but that didn't stop the former president from continuing to attack her.

"Despite the fact that I was there, on time and on schedule, it was just learned that one of the jurors is, unfortunately, not feeling well, and for that reason, today’s session of the trial, having to do with a woman I know absolutely nothing about, has therefore been cancelled with a new date to be determined," Trump said in one of about three dozen posts regarding Carroll on his social media platform Truth Social on Monday morning.

The trial was postponed after a juror in the case headed home to test for Covid after feeling ill on the way to court, and Trump lawyer Alina Habba told the judge that she'd had a fever after being with relatives three days ago who later tested positive for Covid. She said her co-counsel Michael Madaio had been exposed, as well. Both tested negative for Covid in court, and were seated shoulder to shoulder on either side of their 77-year-old client without any masks on as they addressed U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan.

The judge granted Habba's request for a one-day postponement and said in the morning he would consider her request to postpone Trump's testimony until Wednesday because of Tuesday's New Hampshire primary.Later in the day a court official said the trial would resume Wednesday morning.

Carroll, who sued Trump for defaming her when he was president by calling her sexual abuse allegations against him "pure fiction" and a "hoax," was expected to wrap up her case by Monday afternoon, paving the way for Trump's defense case to start. He is listed as one of only two defense