Trump on deck to testify at E. Jean Carroll trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

39% : Carroll's lawyers have warned that Trump might try to "sow chaos" if he testified, because his defiance might aid him politically.
36% : Trump, 77, has consistently denied wrongdoing, claiming he had known Carroll despite photos showing them together, and accusing her of making up the rape to boost sales of her memoir.
35% : Lawyers for Carroll are expected to wrap up their case in federal court in Manhattan, and Trump could testify in his own defense after they finish.
29% : The only issues for the nine jurors in the current trial is how much money Trump should pay Carroll, if any, for damaging her reputation - and how much, if any, he should pay as punishment and to dissuade him from defaming her again.
25% : Last May, another jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million after he denied her rape claim in October 2022.
21% : U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who has presided at both trials, has ruled that the first trial established that Trump defamed and sexually abused Carroll.
21% : On Jan. 11, when another judge asked Trump if he could stick to the facts if allowed to give a closing statement in the New York attorney general's civil fraud case against him, Trump responded by attacking the judge and proclaiming the case a politically inspired sham.
19% : By Jonathan Stempel and Luc CohenNEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Donald Trump may go face-to-face with the writer E. Jean Carroll in open court on Thursday, to convince jurors he shouldn't pay her any damages despite being liable for having defamed and sexually abused her.
17% : Kaplan could interrupt or shut down Trump's testimony, or throw him out of the courtroom, if Trump persisted in speaking out of turn, or digressed from the issues the jury will consider.
6% : Kaplan last week warned Trump not to use the courtroom to air political grievances, after one of Carroll's lawyers complained that jurors might have overheard Trump calling the case a "witch hunt" and "con job.

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