Trump took to Truth Social ahead of a possible E. Jean Carroll verdict to claim he wasn’t allowed to “speak or defend” himself in court, which is an overt lie.
Donald Trump could have testified in his own defense at E. Jean Carroll’s civil rape and defamation trial against him. Instead, the former president didn’t even show up to court. And as the jury begins deliberations on Tuesday, Trump lied to his followers on Truth Social that he wasn’t “allowed to speak or defend” himself.
In fact, Judge Lewis Kaplan, who’s presiding over the trial in the Southern District of New York, specifically left open the possibility for Trump to testify up to the last minute.
