Despite insisting for weeks that he would not play any role whatsoever in the defamation trial brought against him by writer E. Jean Carroll, failed one-term former president Donald Trump is now suggesting that he will cut his trip to Ireland short and return to New York so he can “confront” his accuser.
The Evening Standard reports Trump made the remarks Thursday while golfing at his resort near the village of of Doonbeg, Co Clare.
“I’m going back to New York. I was falsely accused by this woman, I have no idea who she is – it’s ridiculous,” he said.
He said he is having to cut his trip to Ireland short because of the trial.
“I’ll be going back early because a woman made a claim that is totally false, it’s fake.”
He said his accuser is a Democrat and the judge is a “rough judge”.
“He doesn’t like me very much, he was appointed by Bill Clinton,” he said.
He added: “It’s a disgrace but we have to do it, it’s a part of life.
“It’s a fake claim like all the other claims, just like ‘Russia Russia Russia’.”
The indicted ex-president also called the defamation lawsuit a “political scam.”
“Because of that I have to leave Ireland and I have to leave Scotland where I have great properties, I have to leave early.
“I don’t have to but I choose to.”
Trump also suggested that the Carroll case is politically motivated because he’s running for president next year.
“This is a political attack. This is the only way they think they can win the election because (Joe) Biden is losing.”
The disgraced former president’s attorneys, however, may not allow him to testify under oath in New York, if only because doing so would open him up to potential perjury charges because he’s known to lie about everything.
