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This just in: Judge Lewis Kaplan has rejected Trump’s motion for mistrial in E. Jean Carroll ‘s defamation lawsuit against him.
Trump’s legal team pushed for a mistrial on the basis that Carroll admitted to deleting email evidence, even though she was under a subpoena.
However, Judge Kaplan claimed that this fact did not warrant a mistrial because Carroll’s duty to preserve the messages did not kick in until she decided to sue Trump a month later after meeting with her lawyer.
Take a look:
BREAKING: Judge Lewis Kaplan denies Trump’s motion for mistrial in E. Jean Carroll defamation case.
Trump’s lawyer argued for a mistrial when Carroll admitted she deleted text messages she received.
The judge stated that Carroll's admission of deleting messages after making… pic.twitter.com/vVlTSZHmya
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The Clinton-appointed federal judge also argued that Trump never attempted to recover any of Carroll’s deleted messages.
Here are some more details on the judge’s decision, from NBC News:
Trump’s attorneys had argued in their mistrial motion that Carroll deleted threatening messages, including death threats, which they said was cause for a mistrial…
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