Court Denies Trump Request to Delay Carroll Trial Due to Mother-in-Law's Death
Trump attorney Alina Habba has sent a letter to the judge seeking to delay the his trial in the E. Jean Carroll case, which is scheduled to begin on Tuesday. The court denied the request, and ordered Habba to file publicly the letter she sent to his office. That was done today.
In the letter, Habba states that Melania's mother recently died, and a funeral has been scheduled for January 18 in Florida. She states that it is Trump's intention to attend the trial and also wishes to attend the funeral. Trump claimed that he intended to attend the last Carroll trial, then failed to appear at all.
Habba also stated that taking an adjournment of one day for Trump to attend the funeral would be too much of a burden on the court. Trump seeks to delay the trial for two weeks.
Trump also attempted to postpone his NY fraud trial so he could comfort his grieving wife. Trump also announced last week that he will be campaigning in Iowa during the next three days.
In denying the request, Judge Lewis Kaplan wrote that "Trump is free to attend the trial, the funeral, or all or parts of both, as he wishes."
