Trump returns to court, could take the stand in E. Jean Carroll defamation trial

Former President Donald Trump returned to a New York courtroom Thursday to attend his defamation trial and possibly testify with millions of dollars likely on the line, two days after he won the New Hampshire presidential primary.

Trump could be called by his own attorneys to take the stand in the case brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll. He had planned to testify earlier in the week, but trial proceedings were delayed for several days after a COVID-19 scare.

Carroll's lawyers were expected to wrap their case about defamatory statements made by Trump, in which he denied sexually assaulting Carroll and said he had never met her. Trump has already twice been found liable for defamation against Carroll, once by the judge in this case and once by a jury that also found he was liable for the sexual abuse described by Carroll.