A federal judge in New York denied a motion by Donald Trump’s lawyers to declare a mistrial in the civil battery and defamation lawsuit filed against the former president by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll.
The denial was made on Monday shortly after Trump’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, submitted an 18-page letter accusing U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of making “pervasive unfair and prejudicial rulings.”
Kaplan did not make any comment explaining his decision before allowing testimony to resume that morning, the New York Post reported.
Tacopina had requested that either a mistrial be declared or that the court “correct the record” for every instance that evidence was “mischaracterized” to the New York jury. He also requested greater opportunity to cross-examine Carroll and her witnesses.
“Here, despite the fact trial testimony has been underway for only two days, the proceedings are already replete with numerous examples of Defendant’s unfair treatment by the Court, most of which has been witnessed by the Jury,” the letter read.