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- Lawyers made opening statements in E. Jean Carroll's rape trial against Donald Trump.
- Trump's lawyer asked jurors to dismiss the case even if they "hate" Trump.
- Jurors are staying anonymous given the charged nature of the case.
In his opening statement defending Donald Trump in a rape trial Tuesday, attorney Joe Tacopina asked jurors to find him not liable of battery and defamation even if they "hate" the former president.
"You can hate Donald Trump. It's OK," lawyer Joe Tacopina told jurors. "But there's a time and secret place for that: It's the ballot box."
Tacopina's message to the jury in a federal court in downtown Manhattan followed an opening statement from Shawn Crowley, an attorney representing E. Jean Carroll in the case.