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☆ Can a Forgotten Hot Spot Reclaim Its Cool?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Chantel Tattoli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Anya Firestone’s job as a luxury tour guide in Paris has brought her to many rarefied corners of the city. But only recently did she do something that countless locals and visitors have done over the last 130 years: Book a reservation at Maxim’s, the storied French restaurant that opened in 1893 and has counted Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Margrethe II of Denmark, Jean Cocteau, Jane Birkin and Man Ray among its patrons. “The place was packed,” Ms. Firestone, 35, said of the night she ate there in late November. She was not alone in that perception. “Many people, even most, did not realize it was open as a restaurant,” said Pierre Pelegry, a director at Maxim’s who has worked there for 27 years and was hired by Pierre Cardin, the French fashion designer, after he bought the restaurant in 1981.

Persons: Anya Firestone’s, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Margrethe II of Denmark, Jean Cocteau, Jane Birkin, Man Ray, Ms, Firestone, hadn’t, ”, Pierre Pelegry, Pierre Cardin Locations: Paris, Maxim’s

☆ In any other case, Trump lawyer Alina Habba's antics would be grounds for malpractice, ethics lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewDonald Trump's lawyer made headlines last week after she violated basic courtroom rules and proper legal procedure in the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial. Alina Habba's behavior would have opened her up to potential malpractice liability in any other case, said one ethics lawyer. But Trump is unlikely to sue Habba for malpractice, he said. "Trump wants a lawyer who will fight in the court of public opinion as much as the courtroom," Neama Rahmani, the president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, told Business Insider. "There aren't a lot of good trial lawyers who want to jump on that grenade."

Persons: —, Donald Trump's, Jean Carroll, Lewis Kaplan, Habba, dinging, Alina Habba's, Trump, Stephen Gillers, Gillers, wouldn't, they'll, Kris Franklin, Mary, Carroll, Rahmani, didn't Organizations: Service, Business, NYU School of Law, West, Trial, New York Law School, New, The New York Times, Habba Locations: New York

☆ E. Jean Carroll may face a hefty tax bill if Donald Trump owes her money — thanks to a law he signed while president
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

E. Jean Carroll is seeking more damages from Trump in her second defamation trial. But she could have to pay a hefty amount in taxes — known as the "plaintiff double tax" — on those damages. It's all thanks to a tax bill that Trump signed in 2017, when he was president. AdvertisementE. Jean Carroll is seeking more damages in her second defamation trial against former President Donald Trump. But the judge determined in September that Trump had already been found liable for defaming Carroll, meaning the second trial focuses purely on whether Trump owes Carroll additional damages.

Persons: Jean Carroll, Trump, —, Donald Trump, that's, Jeremy Babener, Babener, Carroll, defaming Carroll Organizations: Trump, Service, Structured Consulting, Treasury Department's, Business, Planners Locations: Utah

☆ Trump plans to testify in E. Jean Carroll's trial. His only move would be to apologize and beg for forgiveness, experts say.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

On Monday, Trump's attorney Alina Habba said he intends to take the witness stand in his defense. Trump's two driving impulses — to fight the system and to take the witness stand — will create the judicial equivalent of a car wreck, experts told Business Insider. Alternatively, Trump can get on the witness stand and "try to testify in a narrative fashion," Jones said. Carroll's trial does have a jury, making it harder to "unring that bell" of forbidden testimony, Jones said. Or wager that he'll inflict wounds on himself by taking the witness stand?

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☆ E. Jean Carroll trial delayed for a second time, postponing expected Trump testimony
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewTestimony in E. Jean Carroll's ongoing defamation trial against Donald Trump was postponed for the second day in a row, according to a notice posted to the court docket. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. The ongoing trial concerns additional defamation damages for two statements Trump made in 2019, while he was president, disparaging Carroll by calling her dishonest and insulting her appearance. On Truth Social and at rallies, he's continued calling Carroll a liar and claims he doesn't know who she is. Chris Mattei, an attorney who represented family members of Sandy Hook shooting victims in their defamation trial against conspiracy theorist Alex Jomes, told Business Insider it would be pointless for Trump to testify.

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The testy clashes have come to be expected as Trump's lawyers carry into the courtroom the bombastic, and often antagonistic, style that defines his campaign trail demeanor. There's no doubt that the lawyers, with some exceptions, have struggled to score major points with judges and in fact have often provoked their ire. Both cases have been defined by contentious exchanges between judges and Trump and his lawyers. In November, for instance, they pushed unsuccessfully for a mistrial in the fraud case, accusing Judge Arthur Engoron of “tangible and overwhelming” bias. Chutkan has repeatedly admonished Trump’s lawyers for political arguments, once telling attorney John Lauro during debate over whether restrictions could be placed on Trump's speech that though she knew he had a “message” to convey, she didn't want campaign rhetoric in court.

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☆ Question of Trump’s Testimony Hangs Over Carroll’s Defamation Case
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Benjamin Weiser | Michael Gold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With a Manhattan jury soon to decide how much money, if any, Donald J. Trump must pay the writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her in 2019 when she first accused him of a decades-old rape in a department store dressing room, the question of whether Mr. Trump will testify still looms as the trial resumes Monday. Mr. Trump said Sunday he would be in court, and the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan, is likely to ask him directly whether he will take the stand. Mr. Trump, 77, has suggested that he wanted to testify in the civil trial, which is beginning its second week, and in court filings, Mr. Trump’s and Ms. Carroll’s lawyers have been debating the parameters of what the former president should be allowed to mention. Last week, Mr. Trump alternated appearances at the trial with trips to New Hampshire. The state holds its presidential primary Tuesday, and Mr. Trump has been seeking the Republican nomination with rallies this weekend in Concord, Manchester and Rochester.

Persons: Donald J, Jean Carroll, defaming, Trump, Lewis A, Kaplan, Trump’s Organizations: Trump, Republican Locations: New Hampshire, Concord , Manchester, Rochester

Trump could testify as soon as Monday in the defamation trial over his 2019 comments branding Carroll a liar who faked a sexual attack to sell a memoir. He plans to be in court as the New York trial resumes after a weekend break. He regularly addressed the news cameras waiting outside the fraud trial in a New York state court. He lied, and he shattered my reputation,” Carroll, a former longtime Elle magazine advice columnist, told jurors and Trump while he was still in court. Trump has said his lawyers advised him not to dignify the first trial by attending it.

Persons: Donald Trump, E, Jean Carroll, Trump, Carroll, Judge Lewis A, Kaplan, hasn't, ”, ” Trump, Roberta Kaplan, he's, “, ” Carroll, Elle, He's, Alina Habba, Habba Organizations: New, Republican, Associated Press Locations: New York, U.S, New Hampshire

☆ Trump sex assault defamation trial postposed after juror calls in sick
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former US President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower for Manhattan federal court for the second defamation trial against him, in New York City on January 22, 2024. Charly Triballeau | AFP | Getty ImagesThe sex assault defamation trial of former President Donald Trump in New York was postponed Monday when a juror called in sick. After the jurors were excused, Habba told Kaplan that she wanted to call Trump as a witness on Wednesday. "I think we should finish tomorrow, Judge Kaplan." E. Jean Carroll (C) arrives for her civil defamation trial against former US President Donald Trump at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City on January 22, 2024.

Persons: Donald Trump, Charly Triballeau, Alina Habba, Lewis Kaplan, Habba, Michael Madaio, Kaplan, Trump, Jean Carroll, Carroll, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Carroll's, Robert Kaplan, Roberta Kaplan, Judge Kaplan, Angela Weiss Organizations: Trump, AFP, Getty, U.S, Republican, United, Florida Gov, Manhattan Federal, Afp Locations: Manhattan, New York City, New York, New Hampshire, United Nations

☆ The judge in Trump's E. Jean Carroll trial actually showed restraint when bench-slapping his attorney, former judge says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The judge overseeing Donald Trump's second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial has repeatedly bench-slapped his lawyer. Alina Habba repeatedly made simple lawyering mistakes, disrupting the proceedings. The judge actually showed restraint handling Habba, one former judge said. And the judge actually showed restraint in his repeated scoldings of Habba, a former federal judge told Business Insider. AdvertisementJones said that by being disruptive in the court, Habba is doing exactly what Trump wants: sowing chaos.

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☆ A COVID scare and the New Hampshire primary may foil Trump's plans to testify in E. Jean Carroll trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The trial was delayed Monday for a juror COVID scare — and Tuesday is the New Hampshire primary. If the trial isn't delayed another day, as Trump's lawyers requested, he may lose his chance to take the stand. Well, that's the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary — and Trump made clear through his defense team Monday that he plans on being there. Now, that chain of events — a sick juror, and the New Hampshire primary — may well conspire to keep Trump off the witness stand entirely. AdvertisementThe judge paused the trial until Tuesday, but that day will be busy as well, given the New Hampshire primary.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jean Carroll's, —, Trump, hooky, Alina Habba, Habba, Lewis Kaplan, Elle, Robbie Meyers, Carol Martin, Carroll, Kaplan Organizations: Service, New Hampshire Republican, New, Trump, US Locations: New Hampshire, Manhattan

The race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination is down to two major candidates with just one day to go until New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation GOP primary. On Monday, Haley has scheduled events in Franklin and Salem, while Trump has an evening rally in Laconia. Key questions after DeSantis drops out of racePolitical Cartoons View All 253 ImagesHaley tries to draw independents without alienating Trump backersWhat to expect in the New Hampshire primaryWho’s running for president? Others who have appeared in Iowa and New Hampshire on Trump’s behalf include South Dakota Gov. Lake was at a rally Sunday night taking pictures with supporters and holding a baby in the crowd.

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☆ Opinion: Our possibly short national nightmare
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over,” President Gerald Ford said. “Our campaign is the last best hope of stopping the Trump-Biden nightmare,” the former UN ambassador said. If not, it won’t be as protracted a “national nightmare” as the two-year-long Watergate scandal that put Gerald Ford in the Oval Office. Though, depending on your point of view, the real nightmare could begin after the swearing-in. Yet, John Avlon wrote, Trump and some members of the House GOP, want to tank an emerging compromise in the Senate that would couple border security measures with aid to Ukraine.

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☆ Analysis: Why DeSantis’ departure isn’t likely to change the dynamic between Trump and Haley
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Ron Brownstein | Analysis Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

The DeSantis and Haley camps each believed they would benefit if the other left the field and created an unambiguous one-on-one race with Trump. In fact, both the Trump and DeSantis campaigns believe that more of the Florida governor’s supporters will likely pick Trump. Any gain or loss for Haley among voters from DeSantis’ decision seems likely to affect the race only marginally, many GOP observers believe. Even at that point in the 2016 race, Trump had won only a cumulative 40% of the votes cast in the GOP primaries. His theory that he could peel away a meaningful number of previous Trump voters simply proved wrong.

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☆ Trump keeps talking about his defamation case outside court. E. Jean Carroll's lawyer says she'll just use it as evidence.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In court filings viewed by Business Insider, Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, notified US District Judge Lewis Kaplan that she intends to submit several pieces of evidence on Monday for the ongoing defamation trial. Carroll's lawsuit centers entirely on the allegation that Trump defamed her by saying she lied about him raping her in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. AdvertisementThe exhibits also include a Truth Social post that Trump put up on the day Kaplan filed her letter of intent to submit more evidence. Even before his day in court, Trump continued to attack Carroll on social media, calling the writer's allegations a "fake story" and a "witch hunt." AdvertisementThe current trial is for Carroll's first lawsuit filed in 2019 and will only cover what damages Trump must pay.

Persons: —, E, Jean Carroll's, Donald Trump, He's, Carroll, Roberta Kaplan, Lewis Kaplan, Trump, It's, Alina Habba, Elle, Kaplan Organizations: Service, Truth, Business, Trump Locations: Manhattan

☆ As Trump Treats Trials Like Rallies, Judges Study How to Rein Him In
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Benjamin Weiser | Jonah E. Bromwich | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Donald J. Trump doesn’t change. The judges’ different approaches to the tempestuous storm that entered their courtrooms — and the different results — could offer lessons beyond the two New York cases. They may provide guidance for the judges set to oversee Mr. Trump’s four potential criminal trials, who will want to keep the 45th president from transforming his legal proceedings into political spectacles. “The thing you’ve got to do primarily is set rules and enforce them,” said John S. Martin Jr., a former U.S. District Court judge in Manhattan. “I think if the judge is tough and doesn’t back down, Trump will back down.”

Persons: Donald J, Arthur F, Trump, Mr, ”, Jean Carroll, Judge Lewis A, Kaplan, Ms, you’ve, John S, Martin Jr, “ Organizations: Trump Locations: New York, York, U.S, Manhattan

A lawyer for a writer who says Donald Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s and then defamed her while president in 2019 said Saturday that the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape and two women who accused Trump of abuse will not be put before a New York jury considering defamation damages. Trump attended the trial for two of its first three days, only skipping it on Thursday, when he attended the funeral of his mother-in-law in Florida. Both women testified at the trial that ended last May. Trump, 77, has denied her claims in the last week during campaign stops, on social media and at a news conference. However, Kaplan said she does plan to show the jury statements Trump has made since her client finished testifying in the case on Thursday.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Roberta Kaplan, Jean Carroll, Carroll, Kaplan, Natasha Stoynoff, Jessica Leeds, doesn't, ”, “ Organizations: Republican, New, Trump, Leeds Locations: New York, Manhattan, New Hampshire, Florida, Stoynoff, Leeds, Trump

Attorney Alina Habba told a judge in a letter that writer E. Jean Carroll’s trial was ruined when Habba elicited from Carroll through her questions that Carroll had deleted an unknown number of social media messages containing death threats. That jury awarded Carroll $5 million in damages. Robbie Kaplan, an attorney for Carroll who is not related to the judge, declined comment. Habba asked the judge to instruct the jury that Carroll had an obligation to minimize the effect of the defamation she endured. The trial resumes Monday, when Trump will have an opportunity to testify after Carroll's lawyers finish presenting their case.

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☆ Trump's lawyer asked for a mistrial in his E. Jean Carroll case because she deleted death threat emails
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Carroll said she deleted emails with death threats after Trump defamed her. "Plaintiff admitted that she deleted multiple email messages pertaining to purported death threats made to her," Habba wrote. Advertisement"Despite being served with a subpoena in connection with this action, Plaintiff failed to take reasonable steps to preserve relevant evidence," Habba wrote. "In fact, she did much worse — she actively deleted evidence which she now attempts to rely on in establishing her damages claim." Carroll testified that she received death threats "daily" and deleted them from her inbox and from replies to her social media posts.

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☆ Late Night Chides Donald Trump for a Lack of Self-Control
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Get Ahold of YourselfA judge threatened to remove Donald Trump from court on Wednesday after he could be heard muttering disparaging comments during E. Jean Carroll’s second defamation suit against the former president. “A judge actually had to tell a former president of the United States, ‘You can’t control yourself,’” Seth Meyers said on Thursday. “He can’t even control an umbrella.”

Persons: Donald Trump, Jean Carroll’s, “, ’ ” Seth Meyers Organizations: Netflix Locations: United States

The accusations by the writer E. Jean Carroll that former President Donald J. Trump raped and defamed her have been the subject of two separate trials in U.S. District Court in Lower Manhattan and have unfolded as Mr. Trump campaigns for the Republican presidential nomination. Last May, a jury found that Mr. Trump sexually abused Ms. Carroll, a former advice columnist for Elle magazine who said he assaulted her nearly three decades ago in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room. Now, Mr. Trump, 77, is back in the same federal courthouse, defending himself again against accusations of defamation. On Thursday, Ms. Carroll, the first witness in the case, ended her testimony in a trial that is expected to wrap up next week. It is still unknown whether Mr. Trump will take the stand.

Persons: Jean Carroll, Donald J, Trump, Carroll, Elle, Goodman Organizations: Republican Locations: U.S, Lower Manhattan

☆ Opinion: Trump’s behavior in E. Jean Carroll trial is a chilling trigger for sexual assault survivors
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Opinion Danielle Campoamor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

While a victim of sexual assault receives death threats, her assailant receives endorsements and secures the Iowa caucus. Like so many sexual assault victims and survivors, Carroll’s ongoing pursuit of justice, the court proceedings and the response of her alleged abuser have been re-traumatizing. The US Department of Veterans reports that one in three victims of sexual assault will experience post-traumatic stress disorder sometime during their lives. Like so many survivors, Carroll likely knew what was coming when she chose to bring a case against the former president not once but twice. I couldn’t remember all the details, which is common among sexual assault survivors.

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☆ Trump’s New Hampshire strategy – insults and court histrionics
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The former president publicly fulminated against Judge Lewis Kaplan as “nasty” and a “Trump-hating guy” and bucked courtroom etiquette. Trump accused Kaplan of being heartless for not suspending the trial so that he can attend the funeral of his mother-in-law. But Haley has only implicitly criticized Trump’s assault on democracy, false claims of electoral fraud and tumultuous term in office. This attitude is consistent with Trump’s apparent belief that rules that apply to other Americans don’t constrain him. “That aside, it’s just remarkable how much the former president has gotten away with in court.

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba cross examines E. Jean Carroll before Judge Lewis Kaplan during the second civil trial where Carroll accused Trump of raping her decades ago, at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City, U.S., January 18, 2024 in this courtroom sketch. A federal judge Thursday quickly lost patience with Donald Trump's lawyer as she grilled E. Jean Carroll on her income and social media history as part of the former president's civil defamation trial. said the judge, Lewis Kaplan, in response to defense lawyer Alina Habba's questions about how much money Carroll currently makes. The trial in Manhattan federal court is being conducted to determine damages Carroll is owed by Trump for defamatory statements he made after she aired that rape claim. Kaplan's impatience with Habba's cross-examination came a day after Trump clashed with the judge in open court.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Alina Habba, Jean Carroll, Judge Lewis Kaplan, Carroll, Trump, Lewis Kaplan, Alina Habba's, Kaplan, Habba Organizations: U.S, Manhattan Federal, Trump Locations: New York City, U.S, Manhattan

☆ Trump keeps returning to his birther playbook
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Zachary Wolf | Analysis Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Trump has also baselessly questioned whether Vice President Kamala Harris, whose parents are immigrants, was eligible. Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican who Trump also bested in that 2016 primary with taunts of “Little Marco,” also again endorsed Trump this week. It is actually Trump who faces more legitimate questions about his eligibility under the 14th Amendment. It is not true, as he alleges, that Democrats can take part in the GOP primary. “You have a group of people coming in that are not Republicans, and it’s artificially boosting her numbers here,” Trump said.

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