Judge Lewis Kaplan’s verdict on the defamation case by E. Jean Carroll on Donald Trump casts further doubt as people blasted his decision to dismiss the abuse case filed by Virginia Giuffre against Prince Andrew.
In February 2022, after both parties agreed to settle the lawsuit, Kaplan allowed to let the case slide, and the British Duke of York came out unscathed.
Questions have been raised on Kaplan’s impartiality over the Giuffre and Prince Andrew Case, as he was known to be Bill Clinton-appointee, one of Jeffrey Epstein’s frequent flyers on his Lolita Express.
Additionally, his wife works for the New York Times, which was known to favor the left, further raising concerns about potential bias.
Another point on his record was in 2020, more than 200 lawyers petitioned a judicial complaint against him for using his position to attack human rights lawyer Steven Donziger.
Donzinger was helping the indigenous people in Ecuador on their case against the oil giant Chevron.
Chevron turned on the lawyer and accused him of profiting from the award, a claim which Kaplan ruled in favor of. The human rights lawyer faced jail time for six months for criminal contempt.
The Clinton-appointed judge’s track record, on top of the fact that he mentored Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, creates strong claims for Trump’s legal team to challenge his integrity on the case.
From 1992 until 2016, Roberta worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifki, Wharton, and Garrison, the same law firm where Judge Kaplan was a partner.
According to a reliable source, there was a close relationship between the two and emphasized that “Lew was like her mentor.”
Worse, Shaw Crowley, another lawyer for Carrol, worked previously as a law clerk for Judge Kaplan, and Lewis co-officiated her wedding.
Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba, said in her motion for mistrial: “This issue is particularly concerning since Plaintiff’s other lead counsel, Shawn Crowley, served as Your Honor’s law clerk, and we were previously advised that Your Honor co-officiated her wedding.”
With this, Judge Kaplan violated the Code of Conduct, 28 U.S.C Section 455 (a) mandates that a judge must disqualify themselves from any proceeding where their impartiality might reasonably be questioned.
However, the Court rejected Trump’s defense team to delay paying Carroll $83.3 million.
Habba appealed on Friday that Kaplan should postpone the enforcement of the verdict until at least 30 days after “forthcoming post-trial motions, which will be filed no later than March 7.”
“There is a strong probability that the disposition of post-trial motions will substantially reduce, if not eliminate, the amount of the judgment,” Habba stated in the motion.
Trump’s defense lawyer added, “The figure awarded to Ms. Carroll is egregiously excessive. The Court must exercise its authority to prevent… this absurd judgment, which will not withstand appeal.”
Trump maintained that he did not commit any crime against the former magazine columnist.
When was the law changed that there was nou statue if limitation on the supposedly law they say he broke. And anyone can be charged years after. There was no evidence or trial? These charges began when that case cane out.
Corruption at the highest levels.They need to be held Accountable for all and everyone that has been found guilty under false evidence..This is nothing but pure unadulterated lies to make money,I would say these so called Lawyers, Judges have had their share of everything ? They should be Disrobed, Disbarred and spend many years in prison.They are worse than than what we have locked up at Guitmo,and I for for one would love to see all of them be put there ..For sure the do not know what a Pledge is that they swore upon..
I for one am sick of the two tier justice system. These corrupt judges need to face the consequences of their corrupt actions the left keeps saying no one is above the law but it sure seems they think they are! Any one of us would be in jail doing what they do or even less than they do!
Time for them to face the music they are actually breaking the law unlike Trump.