- The jury selection phase of the Donald Trump rape case trial is slated to start on Tuesday.
- The trial is being held in a federal civil court.
- Trump's legal team said the ex-POTUS wouldn't testify in the trial.
Donald Trump is scheduled to go on trial in a civil matter in a federal court in New York for allegedly raping a columnist some 30 years ago.
The jury selection phase of the trial is slated to start on Tuesday. The former president, who is running for president once again, may face political repercussions from the trial, although it is being held in a federal civil court.
The former POTUS won't go to jail if he is proven guilty, and he won't be testifying in the Donald Trump trial, according to his legal team, per AP News.
Advice columnist E. Jean Carroll alleges that, in the middle of the 1990s, Donald Trump sexually abused her in a changing room at Bergdorf Goodman in Manhattan.
Carroll claims that Donald Trump asked her to assist in picking out lingerie for another lady before punching her in the changing area. Carroll fought him off, but at the time, she didn't call the police to report the crime, according to the BBC.
She indicated in her complaint that she was in shock and did not want to admit to having been raped. Carol Martin and Lisa Birnbach, two of Carroll's friends, assert that the columnist notified them about the alleged event soon after it occurred.
Both Caroll's friends are potential witnesses who could be asked to give testimony in court.
Donald Trump Calls His Accuser a "Nut Job"
Donald Trump fervently denied the allegations, calling Carroll a "nut job" and insisting that she was "totally lying." He did this with his usual persistence. Furthermore, Donald Trump said he couldn't have attacked her since she was his "type."
Despite photographs showing the two together with their spouses in 1987, Donald Trump said they never met and claimed Carroll made up the narrative to promote her book, which he argued should be categorized as fiction, The Guardian reported.
The US Justice Department has asked for the defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll against Donald Trump to be transferred from state to federal court.
How Could The Case Affect Donald Trump's Presidential Bid?
Donald Trump's public denials of rape in 2019 were made as part of his duties as president, according to the administration, and Carroll is suing Donald Trump as a US government employee rather than an individual. Thus, the US government might take his place as the defendant.
The Republican leader may be required to make recompense if the jury determines that he raped or assaulted Carroll. This Donald Trump trial might lead to the first-ever historic jury conviction in US history, convicting a former president of rape.
However, since Donald Trump supporters think that the legal actions against him are part of a larger plot, political scientists do not think this will significantly impact his chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination.
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