Judge denies Trump’s bid for mistrial in E. Jean Carroll rape lawsuit

Former President Donald Trump’s attorney requested a mistrial Monday in E. Jean Carroll’s civil rape case against the ex-commander-in-chief – citing “pervasive unfair and prejudicial rulings” by the Manhattan federal court judge.

But Manhattan federal Judge Lewis Kaplan denied the motion before the jury was brought into the courtroom Monday morning. The judge did not explain his decision.

Trump attorney Joe Tacopina had said in the letter filed in Manhattan federal court earlier Monday that he would ask Kaplan to “correct the record for each and every instance in which the Court...