{"id":1949577,"date":"2023-06-16T18:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T22:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-defamation-trial-scheduled-to-begin-as-gop-primary-caucuses-kick-off\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T18:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T22:26:58","slug":"trumps-defamation-trial-scheduled-to-begin-as-gop-primary-caucuses-kick-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-defamation-trial-scheduled-to-begin-as-gop-primary-caucuses-kick-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s defamation trial starts as GOP primary caucuses begin."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-defamation-trial-scheduled-to-begin-as-gop-primary-caucuses-kick-off%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1949577&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0616\/ca0a5579-e1c4-4bef-a671-e7868d8e069a\/audio.mp3?length=4300173&#038;duration=358\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A federal judge has scheduled E. Jean Carroll\u2019s remaining defamation trial against former President Donald Trump for a date in January 2024 that coincides roughly with the kickoff of Republican presidential primary caucuses.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said in a Thursday scheduling order that Carroll\u2019s civil trial against Trump will begin on January 15, 2024, unless the case has been settled by then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless this case previously has been entirely disposed of, trial of this action shall commence on January 15, 2024, absent contrary order of the Court,\u201d Kaplan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The case relates to a lawsuit Carroll filed over allegedly defamatory comments Trump made about her in 2019 when she first publicly accused him of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>$10 Million in Damages<\/h2>\n<p>Carroll\u2019s attorneys recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/e-jean-carroll-seeks-10-million-in-damages-against-trump-over-latest-comments_5284030.html\">amended<\/a> the defamation lawsuit to include comments Trump made during a CNN town hall in early May, seeking higher damages. That request came after Carroll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/exclusive-trump-lawyer-says-trump-to-appeal-guilty-verdict-in-e-jean-carroll-civil-lawsuit_5253169.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-summari-detected=\"true\">won $5 million<\/a> on May 9 in her other defamation suit against the former president.<\/p>\n<p>Kaplan on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/judge-lets-e-jean-carroll-seek-more-damages-against-trump-in-defamation-lawsuit_5331739.html\">approved<\/a> the request to amend Carroll\u2019s complaint, with the suit now seeking $10 million in compensatory damages and unspecified punitive damages.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s scheduling order from Kaplan relates to Carroll\u2019s amended defamation lawsuit, with the date set for the trial falling a week before the commencement of the first Republican presidential caucus of the 2024 election cycle, which will be held in Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Like in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-defamation-trial-scheduled-to-begin-as-gop-primary-caucuses-kick-off\/\" title=\"Trump's defamation trial starts as GOP primary caucuses begin.\">past primary cycles<\/a>, the Iowa caucus will be the first-in-nation Republican presidential primary caucus, which has often been described as the first major electoral test for contenders for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Dallek, a professor of political history at George Washington University, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/do-iowa-caucus-winners-become-president-history-shows-mixed-results\">told PBS<\/a> during the 2020 election cycle that the Iowa Republican caucuses effectively serve as \u201creferendums on who is the most socially conservative candidate\u201d in the Republican field.<\/p>\n<p>The Iowa caucus, scheduled for Jan. 22, 2024, will be followed by the New Hampshire primary on Jan. 30, 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>More Damages<\/h2>\n<p>Carroll\u2019s attorneys in late May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/e-jean-carroll-seeks-10-million-in-damages-against-trump-over-latest-comments_5284030.html\">asked to amend<\/a> her pending defamation lawsuit, filed in November 2019, so she could seek further punitive damages against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/exclusive-trump-lawyer-says-trump-to-appeal-guilty-verdict-in-e-jean-carroll-civil-lawsuit_5253169.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-summari-detected=\"true\">won $5 million<\/a> on May 9 in her second defamation lawsuit\u2014about $3 million for a defamation charge and about $2 million for a civil battery charge. The defamation charge was related to a statement Trump made on Truth Social in October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In the civil battery charge, jurors determined that Trump, now 76, had sexually abused, but did not rape, Carroll, 79.<\/p>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element animate-line\">\n<p>Trump appeared at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tv-network-ratings-drop-during-bidens-first-full-week-in-office\/\" title=\"TV Network Ratings Drop During Biden\u2019s First Full Week in Office\">town hall event<\/a> on CNN on May 10\u2014just a day after the verdict\u2014where he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/in-townhall-trump-is-adamant-about-2020-election-january-6-protest_5257214.html\">called<\/a> Carroll a \u201cwhack job\u201d and said her claims against him were fake.<\/p>\n<p>Carroll, in 2019, accused Trump of having raped her in a dressing room at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in Manhattan in 1995 or 1996.<\/p>\n<p>Up until Carroll\u2019s request to amend her complaint, her first lawsuit had been put on hold as an appeals court was deciding whether Trump was immune from being sued for remarks made while he was in office.<\/p>\n<h2>Opposition to Carroll\u2019s Motion to Amend<\/h2>\n<p>In the motion to amend, lawyers for Carroll accused Trump of having \u201cdoubled down\u201d on derogatory remarks about her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/e-jean-carroll-sues-trump-again-over-cnn-town-hall\/\" title=\"E. Jean Carroll sues Trump for second time over CNN event.\">defamatory statements post-verdict show<\/a> the depth of his malice toward Carroll since it is hard to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-trump-fires-back-after-e-jean-carroll-makes-court-move-to-go-after-him-for-more\/\" title=\"Trump's team responds to E. Jean Carroll's court move.\">imagine defamatory conduct<\/a> that could possibly be more motivated by hatred, ill will, or spite,\u201d the lawyers wrote in the complaint, filed on May 22 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/18418220\/157\/1\/carroll-v-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-summari-detected=\"true\">pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis conduct supports a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/e-jean-carroll-goes-after-trump-again-seeks-new-damages-after-cnn-town-hall\/\" title=\"E. Jean Carroll seeks new damages from Trump after CNN Town Hall.\">substantial punitive damages award<\/a> in Carroll\u2019s favor both to punish Trump, to deter him from engaging in further defamation, and to deter others from doing the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, lawyers for Trump contended in a June 5 memorandum (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.courtlistener.com\/docket\/18418220\/164\/carroll-v-trump\/\">pdf<\/a>) that Carroll\u2019s motion was \u201cfutile\u201d since his comments made at the CNN town hall were \u201csafeguarded by the fair reporting privilege, which consequently prevents them from being used as a foundation to enhance the punitive damages sought by [Carroll] in this case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawyers were referring to the absolute privilege under Section 74 of the New York Civil Rights Law. It states: \u201cA civil action cannot be maintained against any person, firm or corporation, for the publication of a fair and true report<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge has set a date for E. Jean Carroll&#8217;s defamation trial against ex-President Donald Trump. The trial is scheduled to start on January 15, 2024, which aligns with the Republican presidential primary caucuses. 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