By extending the deadline for Trump to appear in court, Judge Lewis Kaplan took away Trump's ability to claim there was bias against him.
in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s, including insulting her appearance. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in connection to the rape and defamation allegations made by Carroll in her lawsuit.
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally on April 27, 2023 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Joyce Vance, a former U.S. attorney, on Sunday said Trump was outsmarted by the judge presiding over the defamation case against the former president.Trump on Thursday told reporters from his golf course in Doonbeg, Ireland, that he would have to cut his trip to the country short in order to return to the United States and testify at the trial.
By providing Trump with more time to make an appearance, Vance said Kaplan had outsmarted the former president. "Literally within hours of him doing that, his lawyer is in court, telling the judge that he is done presenting his evidence, and that's sort of a lock in a trial," she added.
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