Last Thursday, recording our podcast, Rich and I delved deep into former president Donald Trump’s civil trial on E. Jean Carroll’s allegations of rape (the tort of battery in the civil context) and defamation. The same day, we also published my lengthy column, laying out Carroll’s story, relating some interesting twists and turns about the case, and noting the fire Trump is playing with by poking Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, who is presiding in Manhattan federal court. The trial, before a jury of six men and three women (you don’t need twelve in a civil case) was in recess on Friday.
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