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Ms. Carroll, 79, a former magazine columnist, said nothing publicly about the encounter for decades before publishing a memoir in 2019 that accused Mr. Trump of attacking her. Mr. Trump has not appeared in court since the trial began on Tuesday and his lawyer has not said whether or not he will. Mr. Trump’s lawyers have suggested she invented the story to boost sales of her book. They have also contended that she and her friends schemed to hurt Mr. Trump politically. One of Mr. Trump’s lawyers, Joseph Tacopina, hinted in his opening statement what other lines of questioning Ms. Carroll might expect on cross-examination.

☆ Stock futures fall after latest batch of earnings: Live updates
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. stock futures fell Friday as investors digested the latest round of corporate earnings, including results from Amazon . Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell by 108 points, or 0.3%. Pinterest shares fell 14% after issuing disappointing second-quarter revenue growth expectations. Of the 261 S&P 500 companies that have reported earnings, about 80% have reported positive surprises, according to FactSet data. Economists polled by Dow Jones are expecting core prices to have risen 0.3% in March from the prior month.

"I'm here because Trump raped me," Carroll testified. Trump's posts mentioned two issues that Judge Lewis Kaplan had warned parties in the trial not to mention to jurors. Carroll alleges Trump assaulted her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in or around 1996. In his first Truth Social post on Wednesday, Trump wrote, "The E. Jean Carroll case, Ms. Bergdorf Goodman, is a made up SCAM. "Just look at her CNN interview before & after the commercial break - Like a different person," Trump wrote, referring to an interview Carroll gave CNN about the lawsuit.

On Wednesday, the judge said Mr. Trump’s out-of-court statements seemed “entirely inappropriate” and suggested Mr. Trump might be trying to influence members of the jury. “I will speak to my client and ask him to refrain from any further posts regarding this case,” Mr. Tacopina said. Mr. Tacopina said the day before that he did not yet know whether Mr. Trump would take the witness stand. Judge Kaplan said that he wanted an answer this week, adding that not knowing was an “imposition” on security and court staff. Ms. Carroll wrote that he pushed her against a dressing room wall, pulled down her tights, opened his pants and then forced himself upon her.

The federal trial began Tuesday for a civil lawsuit by a New York writer E. Jean Carroll, who accuses former President Donald Trump of raping her in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. "Donald Trump assaulted her in 1996 and defamed her when he said she made it up." "Donald Trump assaulted Carroll but you will also hear that she is not the only one he has assaulted," the attorney said, referring to other women who have claimed Trump groped them against their will. "People have strong feelings about Donald Trump and it's OK to feel that way, Tacopina said. "It's OK to hate Donald Trump and there is a time and a place to express that.

In the suit, Ms. Carroll, 79, says that one evening in the mid-1990s, she visited the luxury department store Bergdorf Goodman, where she was a regular shopper. There, the suit says, she ran into Mr. Trump. He questioned several details of what Ms. Carroll has claimed: that no one else was present nearby, that the dressing room doors were unlocked and that Ms. Carroll fled without anyone seeing her. Ms. Carroll’s lawyers will ask the jury to find Mr. Trump liable for battery, and if he is found responsible, to award monetary damages. Here are some facts about the case:The New York State law that allowed Ms. Carroll to bring her suit isn’t even a year old.

☆ Judge rejects Trump's request to delay trial in rape accuser Carroll's lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Luc Cohen | Thomson Reuters | Reports On The New York Federal Courts. Previously Worked As A Correspondent In Venezuela | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] U.S. President Donald Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll arrives for her hearing at federal court during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File PhotoNEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday rejected former President Donald Trump's request to delay a scheduled April 25 trial over whether he defamed former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll by denying he raped her. Kaplan said there was no reason to assume it would be easier to seat a fair and impartial jury in May. Carroll's lawsuit stems from her alleged encounter with Trump in late 1995 or early 1996 in a Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan. Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York Editing by Nick ZieminskiOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Trump lawyer Tacopina says 'I feel we're not going to get to a jury' in New York case
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Lawyer of former US president Donald Trump, Joe Tacopina speaks to the press outside the Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on April 4, 2023 after Trump's hearing. A criminal defense lawyer for Donald Trump said Wednesday he expects that the porn star hush money case against the former president to get dismissed without having to go to trial in New York City. "I feel that we're not going to get to a jury," the lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, said in an interview on NBC's "Today Show." "I think this case is going to fall on its merits on legal challenges well before we get to a jury," Tacopina said. Tacopina did not answer Guthrie's question about whether a "fair jury" could be selected for trial in Manhattan.

NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) - The Manhattan District Attorney's office on Tuesday unveiled charges against Donald Trump over hush money payments to suppress accounts of his alleged extramarital affairs, becoming the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges. Below is an explanation of the charges he faces and his possible defenses:WHAT IS TRUMP ACCUSED OF DOING? During the campaign, Trump's former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to for her silence on an affair she says she had with Trump. Trump denies the allegations and the affairs but has admitted to reimbursing Cohen for his payment to Daniels. Joseph Tacopina, a lawyer for Trump, has argued in television interviews that Trump was a victim of extortion by Daniels.

Trump's expected appearance before a judge in Manhattan on Tuesday, as the Republican mounts a bid to regain the presidency, could further inflame divisions in the United States. The specific charges are not yet known, though CNN reported that Trump faced more than 30 counts related to business fraud. Daniels has said she was paid to keep silent about a sexual encounter she had with Trump in 2006. Bragg said Congress does not have authority to interfere with a New York legal proceeding and accused the lawmakers of escalating political tensions. Bragg's office prosecuted Trump's business on tax-fraud charges last year, leading to a $1.61 million criminal penalty, but Trump himself was not charged.

The specific charges against Trump are not yet known as the indictment remains under seal, but CNN on Thursday reported Trump faced more than 30 counts related to business fraud. "This is Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history," Trump said in a statement. Shortly after, Trump appealed to supporters to provide money for a legal defense. The Manhattan charges will likely be unsealed by a judge in the coming days and Trump will have to travel there for fingerprinting and other processing at that point. Trump could use the case to stoke anger among his core supporters, though other Republican voters might tire of the drama.

☆ Trump’s major legal woes
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump was indicted on March 30. A timeline of the significant legal scrutiny Trump is under from state and federal investigators. A timeline that goes through the 5 major investigations that former U.S. President Donald Trump is facing. Bragg's office said it had contacted Trump's attorney to coordinate a surrender, which a court official said would likely occur next Tuesday. Trump's lawyers Susan Necheles and Joseph Tacopina said they will "vigorously fight" the charges.

Trump previously said he would continue campaigning for the Republican Party's nomination if charged with a crime. Shortly after, Trump appealed to supporters to provide money for a legal defense. Trump will have to travel to Manhattan for fingerprinting and other processing at that point. The Manhattan investigation is one of several legal challenges facing Trump, and the charges could hurt his presidential comeback attempt. No former or sitting U.S. president has ever faced criminal charges.

A grand jury of New Yorkers has brought charges against the former president, Trump's lawyer Susan Necheles said on Thursday. The inquiry opened and shut so many times that it came to be known as a "zombie case," Pomerantz said. In the federal case, Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and testified that Trump directed him to pay Daniels and another woman. 'BACK INTO THE GRAVE'After hiring an outside law firm for advice, Vance's office decided not to bring any charges, Pomerantz wrote. "The 'zombie' case," Pomerantz wrote, "went back into the grave."

☆ US lawmaker says FBI briefed him on Trump's rhetoric over New York probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Kanishka Singh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Senator Mark Warner said on Sunday he was briefed by the FBI on Donald Trump's rhetoric after the former president verbally lashed out at a New York prosecutor overseeing a grand jury investigation into alleged hush-money payments. "They have seen no specific threats but the level of rhetoric on some of these right-wing sites has increased." Trump's lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, said on Sunday that some of Trump's online attacks against Bragg were ill-advised. "I'm not his social media consultant. New York City Mayor Eric Adams also said on Sunday the city was prepared for any fallout from a potential Trump indictment.

The inquiry opened and shut so many times that it came to be known as a "zombie case," Pomerantz said. "The bottom line for me was that the 'zombie' case was very strong," Pomerantz wrote. In the federal case, Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and testified that Trump directed him to pay Daniels and another woman. 'BACK INTO THE GRAVE'After hiring an outside law firm for advice, Vance's office decided not to bring any charges, Pomerantz wrote. "The 'zombie' case," Pomerantz wrote, "went back into the grave."

☆ Here's what Trump's possible arrest in New York could look like
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Anti-Trump demonstrators protest outside the Manhattan District Attorney's office in New York City on March 21, 2023. But even if the grand jury hearing evidence in the probe does vote for an indictment, it's unclear when Trump would be arrested. Here's how the process could go:SurrenderThe grand jury was impaneled in January to determine whether there was enough evidence in Bragg's probe to charge Trump with a crime. Given Trump's recent calls for protests, prosecutors may have an incentive to give Trump a shorter surrender date, Bachner said. Once at the DA's office, Trump would be formally arrested, he'd be fingerprinted, get his mugshot taken and be interviewed by DA detectives for an arrest report.

☆ Trump rape defamation trial postponed, judge rejects E. Jean Carroll cases consolidation
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

E. Jean Carroll visits 'Tell Me Everything' with John Fugelsang in the SiriusXM Studios on July 11, 2019 in New York. A spokesman for Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan — who is not related to the judge — declined to comment on the order. Judge Lewis Kaplan also denied a joint request by lawyers for Trump and Carroll to consolidate her two pending civil lawsuits against Trump into a single trial. Carroll's second suit, filed late last year, also alleges defamation and makes a legal claim of battery against Trump for the alleged rape itself. Trump during a deposition by Carroll's lawyers mistook a photo of Carroll for his ex-wife, Marla Maples.

☆ Trump says he will be arrested Tuesday, calls on supporters to protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on education as he holds a campaign rally with supporters, in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. March 13, 2023. Trump cited leaks from the "corrupt" Manhattan district attorney's office and urged his supporters to protest on his behalf. "THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK," Trump wrote on his social media site Truth Social early Saturday morning. Law enforcement agencies across New York have been making security arrangements in the case that the former president is criminally charged. If he is indicted, Trump, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, would become the first former president ever to face criminal charges.

NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump and E. Jean Carroll have agreed to a single trial on whether Trump defamed the former Elle magazine columnist by denying he raped her in the mid-1990s. Carroll has been pursuing separate lawsuits over those statements, with the first scheduled for trial on April 10. Carroll sued again three years later after Trump called the rape claim a "hoax," "lie," "con job" and "complete scam" in a social media post. Both sides proposed asking that court on April 17 to defer any decision until the trial is over. The cases are Carroll v. Trump, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, Nos.

☆ Trump will surrender to face charges if indicted, defense lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during an event at a fire station following the recent derailment of a train carrying hazardous waste, in East Palestine, Ohio, February 22, 2023. Former President Donald Trump will surrender to face criminal charges if indicted by a Manhattan grand jury, his lawyer said Friday evening. The lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, spoke on the heels of a report by WNBC that federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are preparing security arrangements for the possibility that Trump will be indicted as early as next week. "Will follow normal procedures if it gets to that point," Tacopina told CNBC when asked what Trump would do if that possibility becomes reality. Trump denies having sex with Daniels, and has condemned the probe and other criminal investigations he faces as partisan witch hunts.

Trump, who has denied having an affair with Daniels, is seeking the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2024. "Stormy responded to questions and has agreed to make herself available as a witness, or for further inquiry if needed," Clark Brewster, Daniels' lawyer, wrote on Twitter. Susan Necheles, a lawyer for Trump, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Daniels' talks with prosecutors. Joseph Tacopina, another Trump lawyer, said earlier this week Trump did not plan to appear before the grand jury, but that a decision had not yet been made. The investigation centers on a $130,000 payment Daniels - whose real name is Stephanie Clifford - received in October 2016 from Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney and fixer.

☆ Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen testifies before grand jury
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Karen Freifeld | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

He needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds," Cohen said of Trump outside a Manhattan courthouse on his way to the grand jury. Grand jury proceedings are not public. Davis, his lawyer, would not comment on the details of Cohen's testimony before the grand jury on Monday. I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels," he said on his Truth Social platform last week. Joseph Tacopina, another Trump lawyer, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday there were no plans to participate in the grand jury, though a decision had not been made.

☆ Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen set to testify before grand jury
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Karen Freifeld | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Michael Cohen, former attorney for former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives to the New York Courthouse in New York City, U.S., March 13, 2023. He needs to be held accountable for his dirty deeds," Cohen said of Trump outside a Manhattan courthouse on his way to the grand jury. Grand jury proceedings are not public. "I did absolutely nothing wrong, I never had an affair with Stormy Daniels," he said on Truth Social last week. Joseph Tacopina, another Trump lawyer, said on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday there were no plans to participate in the grand jury, though a decision had not been made.

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