The Egen Carroll lawsuit against Donald Trump for an alleged battery that took place in
a department store in Manhattan in the early nineties is set to get underway in April.
So what's happening right now, as they prepare for the trial, they've got the judge, you
know, they, they've already exchanged evidence. All of that is done. And by the way, the judge
this week smacked down Trump's alleged offer to provide his dna, because it turns out he
was only offering the DNA in exchange for another piece of evidence from Eugene Carroll.
And the judge said, you can't, you can't do a quid pro quo here, so I'm not even going
to allow it. So that puts arrest to that. And by the way, destroys a major legal argument
that Donald Trump's lawyers were according to reports planning to make. But this week,
Trump's lawyers went back in court led by, uh, uh, Lena Haba, uh, oh, I'm sorry, Alina
Habas not leading this one, or she's a part of the team.
But either way, and they're asking the judge to bar certain words, phrases, clips, and
witnesses from being able to testify in this trial. And some of the words and phrases of
course, that, uh, they're trying to ban include, grab 'em by the, you know, remember the Access
Hollywood tape where Donald Trump was caught bragging about how he would forcibly grope
women. And when you're rich, they let you do it. Yeah, his lawyers don't want that played,
or those words even mentioned in the upcoming trial. So they're trying to get that banned
so that the plaintiffs cannot bring that up. They're also trying to ban certain witnesses,
including a young press aid, uh, that Trump had requested Board Air Force one, just to
look at her.
So they don't want this woman who was, you know, at least sexualized to a point of discomfort
by Donald Trump. You can't testify. They also want to bar the plaintiffs from calling in
any other witnesses that have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, and they want
to bar any mention of all of the women. And there are dozens that have accused Donald
Trump of harassment or inappropriate touching. So in other words, they wanna ban any and
all evidence that could prove a pattern of behavior. Now, for the plaintiffs in this
particular case, establishing a pattern of behavior is in fact crucial. Right? You have
to be able to show the jurors because there's no video evidence, there's no photographic
evidence
Of what happened allegedly in that department store. So you have to make the case that this
is the kind of person he is, which makes it very plausible, uh, maybe even likely that
he did this, that he did assault her in that dressing room in order to do that, what better
way than to use his own words against him. He's on tape bragging about assaulting women.
That's a pretty strong piece of evidence for the plaintiffs, which of course is why Trump's
lawyers don't want it in there. All these other women that have made accusations against
Trump, and again, they're only accusations, he has not been charged or convicted of any
of it, but bringing them in to tell their stories, bolsters Eugene Carroll's story.
And if they're not able to do that, they're not gonna be able to win. I am afraid, a,
a a and I, I, I, I'm not saying that because I think she has a weak case.
I think she has a very good case. The problem is, here in the United States, if you don't
have video evidence, if you don't have photographic evidence, proving a case like this is dang
near impossible, because you have to prove it to that jury beyond a reasonable doubt.
And without hard evidence, it's difficult to do. But if you establish the pattern of
behavior, you know, the history of harassment, the history of the statements, the things
he has said on Twitter, which by the way, they're also trying to ban that his lawyers
know he is in trouble, and they know that all of these things they want banned will
harm him in that trial, which of course is why they're trying to ban them. We don't know
yet if the judge will grant these requests, but if the judge does, it's gonna be very
difficult for the plaintiff to make her case.