Following his landslide victory in Iowa and before the pivotal court in New Hampshire, the former US President attended Donald Trump Before a civil court in New YorkYesterday, Tuesday, he faces a second accusation of defamation by writer E. Jane Carroll, after he was convicted in 2023 of sexually assaulting her.
Last Thursday, Trump, who is 77 years old and is considered the most likely candidate in the primaries, announced the announcement For the Republican Party After easily winning the caucus in Iowa, he announced his intention to appear and defend himself personally in court, facing the 80-year-old writer E. Jane Carroll, who previously worked as a writer for “Elle” magazine.
The former president fulfilled his promise and appeared before the court, where he arrived in a procession of black limousines in the Manhattan area. According to American media reports, the session was dedicated to selecting a civil jury consisting of 9 individuals.
Trump denies
After maintaining his silence during the court, Trump attacked Carroll through his social media platform, Truth Social, stating that he did not believe he had to defend himself against “this false narrative from this lying woman.”
In his statements last Thursday, Trump denied knowledge of the writer, and stressed that he had never met her in his life and had no information about her identity. He repeatedly described her as a “liar” and “crazy”, despite a ruling being issued against him last May on charges of sexually assaulting her in 1996, defaming her in 2022, and requiring him to pay $5 million in compensation.
Defamation charge
Carroll also filed a complaint for defamation as a result of previous statements made by Trump in June 2019, following the initial accusations of sexual assault contained in the book. During that period, Trump claimed that the author, whom he described as “not his type” of woman, had invented everything to market her new book.
The proceedings were delayed due to legal challenges, but a second trial is still in the future.
Facing at least six trials, the former president decided to turn the legal cases into a political platform, directing sharp criticism towards judges and prosecutors whom he accuses of carrying out a “campaign of persecution” aimed at preventing him from winning the presidential elections scheduled for November 2024.
