Police Take Possession of E. Jean Carroll's Unregistered Gun After Testimony in Trump Defamation Trial

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Police in New York took possession of a gun belonging to writer E. Jean Carroll in February after she revealed during her testimony in a defamation lawsuit against Trump that she had an unregistered handgun at home.

Carroll revealed on the witness stand this year that she had a handgun at home but didn't have a license for itPolice in New York took possession of a gun belonging to writer E. Jean Carroll in February after she said during testimony in her The chief of police in Warwick, N.Y., visited Carroll at her home on Feb. 15 “to discuss some open issues,” the report states, including Carroll’s disclosure of the handgun while she was on the witness stand Jan. 17.

During the second day of the civil trial, Carroll had told the federal court in lower Manhattan that she kept a “high standard revolver, nine chambers” at home with ammunition. “By my bed,” she said.John Rader, the reporting officer, said in his report that he “offered to secure the weapon at the police station’s property for safekeeping.”

Carroll and a member of her security team surrendered the gun a day after Rader visited, and the firearm was being held until Carroll receives a New York pistol license, the report said.Under New York state law, a person can be found guilty of criminal possession if they possess a firearm, such as a pistol, that has not been registered. The felony carries a maximum sentence of four years.

It was unclear why police waited almost a month to inquire in person about the unregistered gun Carroll said she had at her house or whether police are still in possession of it.The judge presiding over the case, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan, appeared outwardly frustrated over the line of questioning by Habba.The jury ordered Trump to pay Carroll $83.3 million in damages for repeatedly defaming her. The award included $11 million for damage to Carroll’s reputation, $7.

Kaplan later rejected arguments by Trump's attorneys that the case should be thrown out because Carroll deleted threatening messages, including death threats. The judge said that while Carroll admitted she deleted some for defaming Carroll while he was in the White House, with the jury tasked only with determining how much she should receive in damages.

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