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Live updates: E. Jean Carroll defamation trial against Donald Trump

Defamation Trial: E. Jean Carroll vs. Donald Trump

TL/DR - At the start of a trial, Donald Trump's lawyer Alina Habba and Judge Lewis Kaplan clashed over Trump's court appearance. Habba requested a one-day adjournment Thursday so that Trump could attend his mother-in-law's funeral, but Judge Kaplan declined to change his previous ruling. Kaplan had earlier ruled that Trump could only delay his…