Trump has to figure he’s going to lose this trial; at the moment for him, it’s all about the politics of 2024.
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E. Jean Carroll is questioned in a re-direct by her lawyer Roberta Kaplan as former president Donald Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba objects before Judge Lewis Kaplan during the second civil trial at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City, January 18, 2024, in a courtroom sketch.
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Trump cases are never linear, never black-and-white. It’s always a tug-of-war between the former president’s mercurial temperament and the parallel lack of self-control exhibited by his opposition — which could be seen as either provoked by Trump’s antics, or igniting them in the first place, or a bit of both.
Which brings us to E. Jean Carroll II.
About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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Trump cases are never linear, never black-and-white. It’s always a tug-of-war between the former president’s mercurial temperament and the parallel lack of self-control exhibited by his opposition — which could be seen as either provoked by Trump’s antics, or igniting them in the first place, or a bit of both.
Which brings us to E. Jean Carroll II.
About the Author
Andrew C. McCarthy is a senior fellow at National Review Institute, an NR contributing editor, and author of Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.
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