Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Live-tweeting the E. Jean Carroll case against Trump: Jury selection & opening statements

Good stuff here.  

Includes:








Jurors recite their marriage, family situation, whether they follow the news/from what sources, and where they work.  This thread lists all that.  Judge Kaplan informs them they will be in a news blackout on this jury.

Counsel are given 3 automatic juror excuses.

Trump's lawyer's opening statement is a litany of ridicule of Carroll, the main thing being she's just out to sell books, and none of what she says happened actually happened.

Carroll's lawyer's opening statement recounts her claims and tells the jury there will be two other women with similar stories who will testify.  His statement includes this major point:


The judge says the trial will last 5-10 days, excluding weekends.

The thread includes some posts from another trial that this guy is covering at the same time - no, I don't know how he's doing that - so a little confusing.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 06:56 pm:  A parting reminder from Carroll's attorney, Shawn Crowley:




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