Team Trump's strategic decision to seek to avoid the result of the first Carroll trial-a verdict of $5 million against the former president who was a no-show during that trial-by having him regularly appear and testify ( sort of) in the second Carroll trial did indeed, bring about a different result. That result, however, was a disastrous $83.3 million verdict against the former president.
Many years ago, a white-collar criminal defense colleague shared his experiences in a lengthy federal trial he had recently completed. After the verdict, he and other attorneys asked the trial judge for permission to interview those members of the jury willing to make themselves available to counsel. Such post-trial post-mortems can provide lawyers with invaluable insights into what worked, what didn't, and how the verdict was ultimately decided. While judges do not frequently grant such interviews, to my friend's great appreciation, the judge in this case did so.
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