Trump defamation trial live updates: On heels of Iowa victory, Trump arrives at courthouse

Jan 16, 2024 View Original Article
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47% : Trump has said that he plans to attend the trial at some point during the week, but has not indicted when.
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% : All times Eastern: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.
21% : Writing on social media last month, Trump blamed his absence at the trial on "not good advice" from his then-lawyer Joe Tacopina.
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.
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.
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.

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