Former President Trump said it was “abusive” for the federal judge handling his defamation lawsuit with author E. Jean Carroll to not delay the case so he could attend his mother-in-law's funeral.
“Right now, I want to be 100% on board with this witch hunt and see what's going on, so my lawyer asked the judge to grant a one-day postponement so I can attend the funeral of my beloved mother-in-law. “I'll be in Palm Beach, Florida tomorrow with my wife and my whole family,” he said. I wrote it on Truth Social on wednesday.
“The judge got angry and, to my little surprise, said no, you could go to trial or you could go to the funeral, but not both. He was abusive and rude and obviously not fair. , that's how this twisted system works!'' Trump wrote. second post.
The trial to determine the amount of defamation damages that Mr. Trump will receive against Ms. Carroll began on Tuesday this week. In a post on Truth Social, the former president said he felt an “obligation” to attend the trial, adding: “A bitterly hostile judge appointed by President Clinton, Judge Lewis Kaplan, who suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome… Because there are.”
After his mother-in-law's death, Trump's lawyers asked the court to postpone the trial by a week so the former president could travel with his family and attend her funeral on January 17th and January 18th.
U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan denied the request last week, saying in a memo Sunday that the delay would impede court operations. He added that Trump is “free to attend the funeral, the trial, or both.”
Kaplan also said that if Trump's defense team finishes their non-testimony arguments on Thursday, the court will suspend the trial until next Monday to allow Trump to attend his funeral.
Mr. Kaplan's social media rant attacking the judge came after Mr. Kaplan threatened to remove Mr. Trump from the courtroom for being “disruptive” during Wednesday's trial.
In a series of posts, Trump continued to attack Kaplan over his handling of the case, calling the judge “totally biased and hostile.”He echoed the familiar cry that something was happening. “misbehaved” with him Because he is the leading Republican presidential candidate in the race.
He also said Kaplan should have recused himself from the incident and attacked Carroll again about the allegations against him. Carroll is seeking at least $10 million in damages for Trump's denials when she publicly came forward in 2019 to make allegations that she sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in 1996. I'm looking for it.
“I defended myself against false, malicious, defamatory accusations that someone wrote a book and decided to put this fake nonsense in it that she would probably get promoted. She didn't do anything wrong other than that. She wasn't harmed, I was harmed. It's impossible for me to get a fair trial before this judge,” Trump said. wrote. real social posts.
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