Trump Goes On Another Unhinged Tirade Against E. Jean Carroll After Trial Gets Delayed

Donald Trump spent Monday morning going on yet another unhinged tirade against sexual assault accuser E. Jean Carroll, after the judge in the writer’s defamation case against the indicted former president ordered a last-minute delay of the trial.

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan announced on Monday that the trial will be delayed by at least a day due to one of the nine jurors in the case reported feeling unwell. Kaplan is awaiting COVID-19 test results for all the jurors.

Trump attorney Alina Habba also reported not feeling well after visiting her parents, at least one of whom has COVID-19. According to Kaplan, Habba and law partner Michael Madaio both tested negative for the virus on Monday, and neither of them wore a mask in court. There is no indication that Trump is feeling physically unwell, and the former president also did not wear a mask in court on Monday.

It is unclear when the trial will resume, with Trump’s legal team asking Kaplan to postpone the Republican front-runner’s next court appearance until after New Hampshire’s presidential primary on Tuesday. The judge did not immediately rule on the request Monday.

Carroll has accused Trump of raping her in a dressing room at a Manhattan department store in the 1996. A separate New York jury last year found that Trump was liable for Carroll’s sexual abuse, and awarded her $5 million in damages ― $2 million for the sexual abuse finding and $3 million for defamatory comments he made against her in 2022. Trump is appealing that decision.

Carroll’s defamation claims against the former president were divided between two lawsuits, the second focusing on disparaging comments he made about her in 2019 after she went public about the assault. Kaplan made a summary