Trump targets Jessica Leeds
Throughout the convention, Trump directed his ire at Jessica Leeds, who testified final yr about an alleged incident on a New York Metropolis-bound flight within the late Nineteen Seventies. Leeds had claimed that Trump groped her whereas they have been seated collectively in firstclass. Trump, nevertheless, labeled her account as “impractical” and “made-up,” saying, “She wouldn’t have been the chosen one.”
He added, “Consider the impracticality of this. I’m well-known, I’m in a airplane. Persons are coming into the airplane, and I’m taking a look at a girl, and I seize her and I begin kissing her and making out together with her. What are the possibilities of that occuring? And albeit, I do know you’re going to say it’s a horrible factor to say, nevertheless it couldn’t have occurred. It didn’t occur.”
Claims of political motivations
Trump continued to say that the lawsuits towards him are politically motivated. He described the authorized circumstances as a part of a “witch hunt” and accused the Division of Justice of interfering in his presidential marketing campaign. “I’m working for president, and I’ve all these circumstances rapidly come,” Trump declared.
His authorized troubles additionally embrace a conviction on 34 felony counts associated to hush cash funds, with a decide anticipated to resolve on a postponement of his sentencing.
Defamation danger
Trump’s repeated denials of Carroll’s accusations might result in additional authorized bother. Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, has warned that continued defamatory remarks may lead to further lawsuits for defamation. “We’ll monitor his feedback and contemplate additional authorized motion if he persists,” Kaplan mentioned.
Criticism of 1996 verdict
Trump criticized the decision from the 1996 case, insisting he had by no means met Carroll and calling the ruling “ridiculous.” He additionally advised that Carroll’s allegations have been impressed by a “Legislation and Order” episode and aimed toward selling her memoir.
North Carolina poll resolution
In different political information, a North Carolina appeals court docket ordered that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s identify be faraway from state ballots. The choice got here after Kennedy, who had suspended his presidential marketing campaign and endorsed Trump, sought to withdraw from the poll. This ruling delays the mailing of absentee ballots, impacting the election preparation course of.
