Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump secured a win within the Iowa caucuses, solidifying his standing because the front-runner within the Republican presidential major race, the previous president turned his consideration to his civil trial in New York Tuesday and spent all morning attacking the plaintiff, E. Jean Carroll.
Trump shared 32 posts mentioning Carroll within the span of 40 minutes on his Truth Social platform, searching for to discredit her forward of his look in court docket, which marks the primary time the 2 shall be in the identical room in years, in line with CNN.
One of his social media posts steered that President Joe Biden was additionally someway concerned in Carroll’s case in opposition to him.
“After a historic win in Iowa, I am going to the Biden encouraged Witch Hunt in Lower Manhattan to fight against a FAKE Case from a woman I have never met, seen, or touched (Celebrity Lines don’t count!),” Trump wrote.
Trump — who has already been ordered to pay Carroll $5 million in damages after he was discovered liable for defaming and sexually abusing Carroll in 1996, a call he has appealed — arrived in federal court docket Tuesday for the primary day within the trial set to find out how a lot he should pay the author for defamatory statements he made in opposition to her in 2019.
The trial has began with jury choice and can proceed with opening arguments.
The former president has denied wrongdoing and claimed the case quantities to a “giant Election Interference Scam, pushed and financed by political operatives.”
Trump is about to journey to New Hampshire later, the following state within the major nominating contest, the place he leads the pact with 43.6% of the vote, in line with a median of polls compiled by FiveThirtyEight.
