On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan postponed E. Jean Carroll\u2019s defamation trial against former President Trump\u00a0over recent exposures to COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Judge Kaplan, who oversees the trial, announced in the courtroom he would postpone the trial for at least one day, according to The Hill<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe will take the day off,\u201d Kaplan said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Kaplan said one of the jurors reported feeling ill on his way into court, and he was sent home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Alina Habba, one of Trump\u2019s attorneys, said that she also was feeling ill on Monday and had recently been exposed to COVID-19 at a dinner with her parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The judge said Habba and fellow Trump attorney Michael Madaio had both taken COVID-19 tests earlier in the morning and were negative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Trump was briefly in the courtroom with Habba on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n