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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire and Ariana Baio

Trump seeks delay in E Jean Carroll rape defamation trial after arrest

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Donald Trump is using his recent arrest in New York to seek a one-month delay in the trial regarding a columnist’s claims that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.

In a letter Tuesday to Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, attorney Joseph Tacopina contended that Mr Trump’s right to a fair trial depends on a “cooling off” period following the former president’s indictment and arraignment.

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