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Trump could testify Thursday in Carroll NYC defamation trial after COVID scares

By MOLLY CRANE-NEWMAN New York Daily News/TNS | Thursday, January 25, 2024, 12:05 a.m.

E. Jean Carroll leaves Manhattan federal court in New York as her defamation suit against former president Donald Trump has been postponed after a juror and one of Trump’s lawyers reported feeling ill on Jan. 22, 2024, in New York City. Carroll, who sued Trump for defaming her when he was president, was expected to conclude her case by Monday afternoon, after which Trump's defense case would have started. He is listed as one of only two defense witnesses and has said he plans to testify. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/TNS)

E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against Donald Trump was off again Wednesday after the court canceled another’s days proceedings following a set of COVID scares, opening up the possibility of Trump taking the stand Thursday.

Manhattan federal court officials late Tuesday announced the trial would be pushed back another day without giving a reason. Judge Lewis Kaplan sent the parties home Monday after a juror called in sick on his way to the courthouse and Trump’s attorney Alina Habba said she was feeling unwell after spending time with her parents, who later tested positive for COVID.

Habba had asked the court for a one-day adjournment on Monday and to allow the former president to be in New Hampshire for the primaries and take the stand on Wednesday.

She didn’t immediately return calls and texts from the Daily News inquiring whether he still planned to take the stand.

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