Donald Trump could face another serious legal snag even if he buckles under the pressure of a series of legal challenges he faces, his niece said Mary Trump in a post on Monday.
What happened: Donald Trump may be facing “another major legal setback that could add millions to his already astronomical fines, including a March 25 deadline to pay New York State nearly half a billion.” dollars for the fraud sentence entered by the judge Arthur Engoron,” Mary Trump said in a substack post.
He noted that the first criminal trial of the former president for election fraud is expected to begin on the same day.
After defaming E. Jean Carroll At last Saturday’s campaign rally in Georgia, Donald Trump followed up in an interview with CNBC on Monday, Mary Trump said. «Donald said that he [had] “I have no idea who he is” when it comes to Carroll,” the clinical psychologist said.
Mary Trump noted that Carroll’s attorney Robbie Kaplan said in a statement Monday that “the statute of limitations for defamation in most jurisdictions is between one and three years.”
“As we said after the latest jury verdict, we continue to monitor every statement Donald Trump makes about our client,” the lawyer said.
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Because it is important: Donald Trump’s decision to choose CNBC to smear Carroll was a ‘highly significant’ mistake, says lawyer George Conway, Mary Trump said. The former president’s comments at the rally in Georgia meant Carroll would have to file a new case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the attorney reported.
Since CNBC Squawk Box is based in Manhattan, Carroll can now sue in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the case could be assigned to the judge Lewis Kaplan, which tried the two previous defamation cases, he added.
Mary Trump said, “Realistically, if Carroll brought another case, it would probably be a slam dunk.”
In another setback for Donald Trump, Carroll’s lawyer reportedly forced changes to the terms of the former president’s bond, reducing the time between resolution of the appeal and payment of damages to the perpetrator from 60 days to 30 days, the psychologist said.
Mary Trump also reported a connection between her uncle and Chubb Corporation, who secured his $92 million bail. He noted that Chubb has provided health insurance to his grandfather’s company and family starting decades ago.
CEO of Chubb Evan Greenberg he might be “doing Donald a favor instead of making a sound trade decision,” he said, adding that his uncle in October 2018 appointed Greenberg to the White House Advisory Committee on Trade Policy and Negotiations for a four-year term.
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