Donald Trump called E. Jean Carroll, the journalist who won a lawsuit against the former president this week for defamation and sexual battery, a “whack job” in his CNN town hall Wednesday. Trump bashed Carroll to a friendly audience of undecided New Hampshire voters who laughed and clapped when Trump claimed to have never met his accuser, despite photographic proof to the contrary. The jury on Tuesday found Trump liable for sexual abuse, but not rape, and ordered Trump to pay $5 million in damages. Carroll, one of dozens of women who have accused Trump of sexual assault or misconduct, came forward with her story in 2019. I never saw this woman,” Trump lied to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

Source: Huffington Post May 11, 2023 13:34 UTC