(May 3, 2023 at 11:38 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Trump Will Not Mount a Defense in E. Jean Carroll Rape Case
Quote: Donald Trump will not mount a defense in the writer E. Jean Carroll’s federal lawsuit against the former president in which she accuses him of both sexual assault and defamation, his lawyers confirmed Wednesday afternoon. The former president will not be appearing at all, they said, as it’s not required in civil proceedings.
Sauce.
Is this Trump’s team making a tacit admission, or is this a deliberate ploy for Trump to declare a mistrial? Then again, they might think that they raised enough room for doubt in the cross-examination.
Neither. I think it's more likely to be a savvy move on the part of Trump's lawyers. They know that he's a pathological liar. Testifying would leave him two options, since he's never going to admit that he raped Carroll: he'd either perjure himself, or attempt to 'plead the fifth', which, in a US civil trial, IS an admission of guilt.
Boru
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