Trump Defamation Trial Delayed Again Until Thursday

Bloomberg News reports:

Donald Trump’s expected testimony in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against him has been delayed for a third time after a juror fell ill and the former president’s legal team reported Covid exposures at a recent dinner.

US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Tuesday issued a brief order saying the trial won’t take place in Manhattan on Wednesday as planned, without giving a reason. He previously canceled the trial for Monday due to the illness concerns, then extended the delay through Tuesday without explanation.

Alina Habba had also reported “that she was not feeling well.” The judge said Habba — who was seated next to Trump and not wearing a mask — had alerted the court that one or both of her parents tested positive for Covid.

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Donald Trump’s defamation trial in the case brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll has been postponed for another day and will resume Thursday, a federal court said. https://t.co/XnYGCxzBya

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