Trump's Request for Mistrial in E. Jean Carroll Rape Defamation Trial Denied

Former US President Donald Trump has requested a mistrial in writer E. Jean Carroll's civil rape and defamation case, accusing the judge of making "pervasive unfair and prejudicial rulings" against him. Trump's attorney argued that Judge Lewis Kaplan mischaracterized evidence in Carroll's favor, bolstered her testimony, and wrongly sustained objections from Carroll's lawyers that hampered his questioning of the witness. Carroll accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s and defaming her when she came forward with the story decades later. Trump denies raping Carroll and says he has not defamed her.