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Former President Donald Trump rejected his last chance Sunday to testify at a civil trial where a longtime advice columnist has accused him of raping her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996.

Without Trump's testimony, lawyers were scheduled to make closing arguments Monday, with deliberations likely to begin on Tuesday

Closing arguments set for Monday morning in E. Jean Carroll civil rape trial against Donald Trump

Donald Trump has not shown up once during the Manhattan federal court trial. A jury has viewed parts of an October videotaped deposition in which Trump denied raping writer E. Jean Carroll or ever knowing her.

For four hours I’ve been sitting in a reception room upstairs at his Doonbeg golf resort, waiting for Donald Trump. And wondering if the 45th president of the United States is going to show up for our interview.

District Judge Lewis Kaplan provided Trump a window to change his mind about testifying over the weekend, giving him a Sunday evening deadline.

Former President Donald Trump rejected his last chance Sunday to testify at a civil trial where a longtime advice columnist has accused him of raping her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996. Trump, a Republican candidate for president in 2024, was given until 5 p.m. Sunday by U.S. District Judge Lewis A.…

Some social media users speculated that Trumps failure to testify could go against the former president as the jury decides a verdict.

Maybe he's saving it for infrastructure week.

Jury deliberations are likely to begin this week.