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Trump’s Jail Odds & Biden’s Diary Fallout

News and notes on the most consequential, underlooked legal industry stories of the moment, and the attorneys behind them.

A recent ruling that the jury must be kept anonymous in E. Jean Carroll’s case against Donald Trump might lead to a host of problems if Trump is indicted.
A recent ruling that the jury must be kept anonymous in E. Jean Carroll’s case against Donald Trump could lead to a host of problems if Trump is indicted. Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Eriq Gardner
March 27, 2023

Has U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan left a tripwire for Donald Trump? The Manhattan judge issued a curious ruling last week in the case of writer E. Jean Carroll, who is suing Trump for defamation over an alleged rape in the mid-1990s. Kaplan has decreed that the jury must be kept anonymous. It’s a seemingly minor ruling that could have major consequences when the case goes to trial on April 25.