(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Trump Lawyers Fail Once Again! Judge In E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit Rules It's Too Late To Submit DNA... [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-15 A federal judge on Wednesday denied former President Donald Trump's last-minute offer to provide a DNA sample to be compared against the dress of his accuser. (snip) Last week, Trump's legal team made a last-minute offer to provide a DNA sample, just two months before the first trial is scheduled to start. But only on the condition that Carroll turn over the appendix of the lab report on the dress, which would contain the DNA genome of the unidentified male DNA on the dress. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan denied that offer on Wednesday. Kaplan wrote in his ruling that Trump offered "no persuasive reason" about why he didn't make the DNA offer in a timely fashion, and "failed to demonstrate good cause to reopen discovery" long after the deadline to exchange evidence had passed. ...and find out. The Guardian Donald Trump missed his chance to use his DNA to try to prove he did not rape the writer E Jean Carroll, a federal judge said on Wednesday, clearing a potential roadblock to an April trial. The judge, Lewis A Kaplan, rejected the 11th-hour offer by Trump’s legal team to provide a DNA sample to rebut claims Carroll first made publicly in a 2019 book. Kaplan said lawyers for Trump and Carroll had more than three years to make DNA an issue in the case and both chose not to do so. He said it would almost surely delay the trial scheduled to start on 25 April to reopen the DNA issue four months after the deadline passed to litigate concerns over trial evidence and weeks before trial. Stupid is as stupid does… The Hill The judge noted Trump’s previous attempts to delay the litigation and wrote that he is only now bringing up the request after discovery closed, despite knowing about the missing appendix for months. “It is entirely clear that granting Mr. Trump’s request would be only the first step in introducing a complicated new subject into this case that both sides elected not to pursue over a period of years,” Kaplan wrote. Carroll, a longtime columnist for Elle magazine, first sued Trump for defamation for statements he made about the alleged incident, which Carroll’s attorneys argue cast doubt on her credibility and demeaned her appearance. The alleged defamation includes a 2019 interview with The Hill in which Trump said Carroll was “totally lying” and “not my type.” Trump likes his women like he likes his voters… DUMB! Seems to be some confusion in the comments, but this article states that Carroll’s lawyers did seek a DNA sample from Trump earlier in the process… ​​The Independent [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/15/2153180/-Trump-Lawyers-Fail-Once-Again-Judge-In-E-Jean-Carroll-Lawsuit-Rules-It-s-Too-Late-To-Submit-DNA Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/