Trump won't testify in E. Jean Carroll trial after judge's deadline passes
Donald Trump will not testify in E. Jean Carroll's defamation and battery case against him, after a Sunday deadline passed without him filing a motion to reopen the case. Donald Trump will not testify in writer E. Jean Carroll's civil defamation and battery case against him, after a Sunday afternoon deadline passed without the former president filing a motion to reopen the case. The two sides each rested their case on Friday after Trump declined to testify in his own defense, but Judge Lewis Kaplan gave Trump until Sunday to reconsider, setting an afternoon deadline for Trump to file a motion to reopen the case for the sole purpose of testify ing, in light of remarks Trump made while golfing in Europe suggesting he would return to New York to confront his accuser. MORE: Repairing Trump's alleged damage to E. Jean Carroll's reputation could cost up to $2.7 million, expert testifies Carroll, who brought the lawsuit in November, alleges that Trump defamed her in his...