Judge sets April date for Trump’s rape trial despite pleas for postponement
A date for former President Donald Trump's trial over the claim that he raped writer E. Jean Carroll has been set despite his attempts to postpone it.
In a Tuesday afternoon ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered the trial to begin on April 25. Kaplan had initially set the trial for April 10 in a ruling last year.
Earlier in the day, the judge lost his patience as Trump's attorneys sought a six-week delay from the proposed trial date in mid-April.
"Things keep happening in this case involving your client," the judge said. "I would be a fool not to take that into account."
A date for former President Donald Trump's trial over the claim that he raped writer E. Jean Carroll has been set despite his attempts to postpone it.
In a Tuesday afternoon ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis A. Kaplan ordered the trial to begin on April 25. Kaplan had initially set the trial for April 10 in a ruling last year.
Earlier in the day, the judge lost his patience as Trump's attorneys sought a six-week delay from the proposed trial date in mid-April.
"Things keep happening in this case involving your client," the judge said. "I would be a fool not to take that into account."
