E. Jean Carroll defamation case: Trump expected to attend trial Wednesday, sources say

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66% : One woman appeared to smile upon recognizing Trump.
60% : His attorney suggested Trump would return to court for at least part of tomorrow's proceedings, when E. Jean Carroll is expected to be the first witness.
56% : Trump turned to look at those who answered in the affirmative.
52% : Jan 16, 11:23 AMProspective jurors enter courtroom to begin selection processAs prospective jurors filed into the courtroom for jury selection, Donald Trump surveyed the group.
51% : Jan 16, 10:40 AMLayout of courtroom has Trump sitting 2 tables behind CarrollUnlike courtrooms where the counsel tables are arranged side by side, the counsel tables in the courtroom this morning are arranged behind one another, with Trump and his attorneys seated two tables behind Carroll and her counsel.
51% : Trump appeared to take note of that arrangement when he entered the courtroom.
49% : After the judge asked if anyone else had worked for Trump or his family, a man indicated he was an officer in the U.S. Navy while Trump was commander in chief.
49% : "The judge said Friday that he would grant a continuance so the trial, which was initially scheduled to conclude this week, would be extended so Trump could testify on Monday, Jan. 22.Jan 16, 10:12 AMDefense lodges several objections as court gets underway"The court has made a number of rulings precluding evidence and argument," said Judge Lewis Kaplan as court got underway, asking each side's lead attorney to affirm that the parties understood the rules.
48% : "Donald Trump knew exactly what he was unleashing.
47% : Trump is then scheduled to return to New Hampshire later Wednesday.
47% : Trump has said that he plans to attend the trial at some point during the week, but has not indicted when.
46% : In court this morning, Trump attorney Alina Habba repeated her request for an adjournment so Trump can attend Knavs' funeral.
41% : Epshteyn declined to comment on whether Trump plans to attend court tomorrow.
41% : Trump voluntarily showed up to court for jury selection this morning, and did not return after the lunch break.
39% : As they exited the courtroom, Trump and Carroll came within feet of each other but appeared to ignore one another.
38% : Trump's motorcade pulled up to the courthouse this morning at at 8:50 a.m. ET.Jan 16, 8:51 AMOn heels of Iowa victory, Trump is back on trialWhen Donald Trump's federal defamation trial gets underway in lower Manhattan this morning, it will be only about 11 hours since the former president claimed victory in the Iowa caucuses.
35% : "Crowley reminded the jury that Trump "was president when he made those statements and he used the world's biggest microphone to humiliate her" -- the result of which was that he "wrecked" Carroll's reputation in a matter of days, Crowley said.
35% : "Donald Trump did not just deny the assault.
28% : Jan 16, 9:56 AMTrump seated in courtroomDonald Trump has taken a seat in court, where jury selection in his defamation trial is scheduled to get underway this morning.
25% : "The judge made it clear the jury was only determining damages related to two defamatory statements Trump made in June 2019 when he denied Carroll's rape allegation.
25% : Nor did a man who said he believed Trump was being treated unfairly by the United States court system.Opening arguments will begin follow the lunch break.
24% : Crowley also quoted Trump saying "she's not my type" on that day in 2019.
23% : ""President Trump has consistently stated that he did not commit the allegation and did not commit the acts that the plaintiff alleges.
23% : "Jan 16, 3:40 PM'This is not a do-over,' judge instructs juryJudge Lewis Kaplan told the nine jurors that they must accept as true that Trump forcibly sexually assaulted E. Jean Carroll and defamed her when he denied it.
21% : He said the trial was not an opportunity to re-litigate the prior trial, in which a jury found Trump liable for defamation and sexual assault.
21% : Writing on social media last month, Trump blamed his absence at the trial on "not good advice" from his then-lawyer Joe Tacopina.
20% : Jan 16, 10:27 AMJudge again declines to delay trialOn Friday, Judge Kaplan denied a request from Trump's attorneys to postpone the trial for a week so Trump could attend Thursday's funeral of Amalija Knavs, the mother of former first lady Melania Trump, who died last Tuesday after a long health battle.
16% : Last year, in a separate trial, a jury determined that Trump was liable for sexually assaulting Carroll in the dressing room of a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, and that he defamed her in a 2022 social media post by calling her allegations "a Hoax and a lie" and saying "This woman is not my type!"Trump has denied all wrongdoing and has said he doesn't know who Carroll is.
16% : Despite a jury last year finding Trump liable for sexually abusing Carroll, Epshteyn alleged that Carroll is making "false accusations.
15% : "When Donald Trump called Ms. Carroll a fraud and a liar, they listened and they believed and they decided to go after her," Crowley said.
13% : Trump is not required to attend the trial, though his decision not to attend last year's defamation and battery trial by the same plaintiff, writer E. Jean Carroll, was mocked by Carroll's attorney.
11% : Two people who said they believed that the election was stolen from Donald Trump by President Joe Biden did not make the jury.
10% : "The defense framed Carroll's lawsuit as nothing more than an attempt to shake down Trump for money over scores of critical Tweets that have nothing to do with the defamatory statements by Trump that are at issue in the trial.
10% : "One prospective juror, number 68, affirmed that he donated to Trump's campaign, followed him on social media, and believed that the 2020 election was stolen from Trump by President Joe Biden.
10% : That was not good advice," Trump wrote.Trump attorney Alina Habba is serving as Trump's lead defense attorney for this week's trial.
2% : Jan 16, 4:00 PMTrump 'unleashed his followers,' Carroll's attorney saysDonald Trump's lies about E. Jean Carroll "unleashed his followers to go after her," and as Trump campaigns for president he "continues to lie about Ms. Carroll," Carroll's attorney said in her opening statement.

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