Judge Lewis Kaplan, who ruled from the bench, reportedly said allowing for a mistrial \u2018would have been entirely pointless\u2019<\/p>\n
Donald Trump\u2019s motions for a mistrial in the defamation case brought against him by the writer E Jean Carroll have been rejected by a federal judge, who added that the former president\u2019s issues with the verdict had no \u201cmerit\u201d.<\/p>\n
In an order filed on Wednesday, Judge Lewis Kaplan said the motion for a mistrial \u201cmade no sense\u201d and that approving it \u201cwould have been entirely pointless\u201d. Trump\u2019s lawyers had previously called for a mistrial in the middle of their cross-examination of Carroll, which the judge denied at the time, instructing the jury to disregard the counsel\u2019s remarks. He reiterated his decision and sharply criticized the efforts of Trump\u2019s attorney in the written order this week.<\/p>\n
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