An attorney representing Donald Trump has requested a mistrial in an ongoing rape case against the former president, citing what he has deemed "pervasive unfair and prejudicial rulings" from Judge Lewis Kaplan.
The attorney, Joe Tacopina, says Kaplan is acting in a biased manner toward his client, who is currently defending himself against assault claims brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. Carroll says the former president assaulted her in a dressing room in the 1990s, then defamed her when he denied it happened and suggested she made up the story for publicity. Trump has continually maintained his innocence.
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