Trump has 'no defense' in E. Jean Carroll trial and appearing 'could hurt him even more'

Since Donald Trump can't litigate the facts at the second E. Jean Carroll defamation trial he would be better off not appearing and risking alienating the jury that will eventually decide the dollar figure he will have to pay her.

That is the opinion of a public relations expert who claimed no good could come out of the former president attending the trial that is scheduled to begin on Tuesday if the New York writer's attorneys get their way.

With Trump's attorneys attempting to stall the trial due to the recent death of Melania Trump's mother whose funeral is scheduled for later this coming week, the former president has been adamant about showing up even though a jury has already found him guilty of sexual assault in the first trial.

Speaking with the Guardian, Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, explained, "There’s no legal defense. There’s no factual defense that’s going to be presented," before adding, "Defamation is definitely a tough kind of case to pinpoint as to what a jury is going to do. I wouldn’t be surprised if the jurors return a seven- or even eight-figure verdict.”

According to a crisis PR expert who spoke with the Guardian, they would advise the former president to stay away from the trial at all costs.

"Because of the fact that it’s him, and I think the fact that he has a hard time being personable to people, in what otherwise would be a completely winning case for any other man in this situation, that burden that otherwise would be on E Jean Carroll is now on him to defend himself," they explained.

They added, "I think his presence in the courtroom would probably hurt him because I think he has such a machismo aura about him, and he’ll be very stern the entire time,. In any other situation, I would say E Jean Carroll would have a 2% success rate and in this case, Trump has a 2% success rate.”

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