US judge rejects Trump lawyer’s mysterious request in rape case | Courts News
Trump lawyer accused judge of bias as US writer E Jean Carroll’s civil lawsuit continues into second week in New York.
The United States judge overseeing the rape case against Donald Trump has denied a request for a mistrial, after a lawyer for the former president accused Judge Lewis Kaplan of ruling in a biased manner against Trump.
In an 18-page letter filed early on Monday in Manhattan federal court, lawyer Joe Tacopina accused Kaplan of being biased against Trump, including in the jury’s presence, during the civil proceedings that began last week.
Tacopina said the effect of Kaplan’s rulings
