In the civil trial of former US President Donald Trump over rape allegations, the judge responsible refused to end the proceedings. According to US media reports, Trump’s lawyers had asked on Monday for the trial to be terminated unsuccessfully because the court had repeatedly made “unfair and harmful decisions” during the trial. Judge Lewis Kaplan denied the motion.
The now 79-year-old American author Jean Carroll accuses Trump of raping her in a luxury department store in New York in the mid-1990s. Real estate entrepreneur Trump, who was not yet a politician at the time, denied the allegation. The criminal charges are time-barred, but under civil law, Carroll was free to sue. The trial, which began last week, could take several days. Trump himself has not yet appeared.
Trump, 76, is under investigation for a number of possible crimes. He himself describes the actions of law enforcement agencies against him as politically motivated because he wants to run again as a Republican presidential candidate in the 2024 elections. (sda/dpa)
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