E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against former President Trump was postponed on Monday after a juror and one of Trump’s lawyers reported feeling ill

U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, who oversees the trial, announced in the courtroom he would postpone the trial for at least one day.

“We will take the day off,” Kaplan said.

Kaplan said one of the jurors reported feeling ill on his way into court, and he was sent home.

Alina Habba, one of Trump’s attorneys, said that she also was feeling ill on Monday and had recently been exposed to COVID-19 at a dinner with her parents.

  • @Burn_The_Right
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    1707 months ago

    Wait, the same people who have said for years that Covid is not that bad are now suddenly using it as an excuse to get out of their legal responsibilities? It’s almost like conservatives operate in bad faith.

    • theprogressivist
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      427 months ago

      And the irony is lost on most of them and their supporters.

      • @Burn_The_Right
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        307 months ago

        Conservatives: “Irony?! Ain’t that women’s work?”

        • @AnUnusualRelic
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          37 months ago

          I don’t know, metallurgy has never been my forte.

      • @SpaceNoodle
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        107 months ago

        Cognitive dissonance doesn’t work on those people.

      • @Fedizen
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        87 months ago

        irony? They see it as an excellent 5d chess move to use a “fake virus” as an excuse to delay their gods trial.

    • YeetPics
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      147 months ago

      Bold of you to assume they operate.

      If it looks like they’ve accomplished anything to you, picture that scene in ‘world war z’ where the pile of zombies shambles up and over the wall in Israel. From the other side you just see the first few zombies toppling over and it looks impressive but behind that wall there is a pile of brainless zombies trying to get in. They aren’t working together, just throwing enough bodies in the right direction so it appears to be willful and with intent from the outside.

      Modern conservatives are the exact same thing, shambling brainless concubines of fascism and willful ignorance.

    • @WeeSheep
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      97 months ago

      I always imagine them all working in a constant state of ignorance and lack of empathy.

    • themeatbridge
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      17 months ago

      FWIW there was also a juror sent home feeling unwell and possibly exposed to Covid. If it had just been Alina, the judge may have insisted that one of her associates continue the defense.