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Trump, in deposition, doubles down on 'Access Hollywood' remark about grabbing women
Former President Donald Trump, who said in the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape that "when you're a star, you can do anything" to women, doubled down on those remarks in the just-released deposition he gave in the E. Jean Carroll defamation and battery case.

Evidence from the trial, including Trump's October 2022 deposition, was released Friday, a day after both sides rested their case following a week of testimony.

Carroll, who brought the lawsuit in November, alleges that Trump defamed her in his Truth Social post by calling her allegations "a Hoax and a lie" and saying "This woman is not my type!" when he denied her claim that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.

The former Elle magazine columnist added a charge of battery under a recently adopted New York law that allows adult survivors of sexual abuse to sue their alleged attacker regardless of the statute of limitations. Trump has denied all allegations that he raped Carroll or defamed her.
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weatheriscool wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 11:40 pm Trump, in deposition, doubles down on 'Access Hollywood' remark about grabbing women
Former President Donald Trump, who said in the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape that "when you're a star, you can do anything" to women, doubled down on those remarks in the just-released deposition he gave in the E. Jean Carroll defamation and battery case.

Evidence from the trial, including Trump's October 2022 deposition, was released Friday, a day after both sides rested their case following a week of testimony.

Carroll, who brought the lawsuit in November, alleges that Trump defamed her in his Truth Social post by calling her allegations "a Hoax and a lie" and saying "This woman is not my type!" when he denied her claim that Trump raped her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the 1990s.

The former Elle magazine columnist added a charge of battery under a recently adopted New York law that allows adult survivors of sexual abuse to sue their alleged attacker regardless of the statute of limitations. Trump has denied all allegations that he raped Carroll or defamed her.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA1aNP8z

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In Trump Probe, Special Counsel Zooms In on Possible Criminal Charges
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WASHINGTON—Special counsel Jack Smith is racing through a roster of interviews in his wide-ranging investigations related to former President Donald Trump, including with former Vice President Mike Pence and other top aides, as he contemplates filing charges, according to people familiar with the matter.

The steps prosecutors are taking, the people say, suggest Mr. Smith is in the late stages of his inquiry into Mr. Trump’s efforts to remain in power after the 2020 election. The special counsel is also considering whether the former president tried to obstruct a separate probe into the handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort by withholding material sought by the Justice Department.

The testimony by some witnesses, often a second or third session and sometimes brief, appears to point to efforts by Mr. Smith’s team to determine whether a crime was committed and decide whether to file charges in the coming months, people familiar with the questioning said.

A spokesman for Mr. Smith’s team declined to comment. In a social-media post on Friday, Mr. Trump said the special counsel was “harassing and threatening my people” and said he had done nothing wrong.
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Trump will not testify in E. Jean Carroll battery trial
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By Kara Scannell, CNN

Former President Donald Trump will not testify in the civil battery and defamation trial after his attorney did not inform the court of a change in strategy by a judge-imposed deadline of 5 p.m. Sunday.

This is a breaking story and will be updated.


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Georgia GOP chairman says he was just following orders from Trump lawyers
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Lawyers representing David Shafer, the embattled chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, are arguing their client should not be charged with any crimes for his actions following the 2020 election because he was following advice provided by attorneys working for former President Donald Trump, according to a letter sent to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis last week.

Specifically, Shafer’s attorneys say their client was relying on “repeated and detailed advice of legal counsel” when he organized a group of “contingent” electors from Georgia and served as one himself, thus “eliminating any possibility of criminal intent or liability,” according to a copy of the May 5 letter.

Former President Donald Trump and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis
At least 8 fake electors have been granted immunity in the Georgia Trump investigation
The letter, which was first reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, comes as Willis and her team of prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia are planning to make an announcement on possible charges against Trump or his allies later this summer.

Shafer, who sources previously told CNN could be among those indicted when Willis makes her charging announcements, has come under scrutiny for his role in the effort to put forward alternate slates of electors to block the certification of the 2020 presidential vote.
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The jury will decide if Trump committed battery and if he later defamed her.

By Aaron Katersky May 9, 2023, 11:09 AM
The former Elle magazine columnist added a charge of battery under a recently adopted New York law that allows adult survivors of sexual abuse to sue their alleged attacker regardless of the statute of limitations. Trump has denied all allegations that he raped Carroll or defamed her.


The jury is considering whether to hold Trump liable for battering Carroll and for defaming her and, if so, whether she deserves to be paid damages.

The verdict form requires the jury to answer ten questions, including which degree of battery, if any, for which to hold Trump liable. The jury could find Trump liable for raping Carroll, for sexually abusing her, or for forcibly touching her. Any of the three would be enough to find Trump committed battery against Carroll, and the jury could then consider what damages to impose, if any.


The judge reminded the jury that the standard of proof is less in a civil case than it is for a criminal case. Carroll must prove her claims by a preponderance of the evidence and not beyond a reasonable doubt.

"Each of you must decide for yourself the answers to the questions I put to you," Judge Lewis Kaplan said. "Your answers to each question are to be unanimous."................

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IT is utterly amazing how this man is the front runner of a major party and has a good chance at winning reelection. This is another thing to think about when I say American taliban.

Jury says Trump must pay E. Jean Carroll $5 million for sexual abuse and defamation

Source: CNBC
A New York federal jury found former President Donald Trump liable on Tuesday for sexually abusing and forcibly touching the writer E. Jean Carroll at a department store in the 1990s, and for defaming her last fall when he denied her claim. The jury of six men and three women ordered Trump to pay Carroll $5 million in compensatory and punitive damages.

The verdict in the civil trial came after less than three hours of deliberations in U.S. District Court in lower Manhattan. The jury notably did not find Trump liable for rape, as Carroll had alleged.

“I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. This verdict is a disgrace,” Trump wrote in a post on his social media site Truth Social. A spokesman for his 2024 Republican presidential campaign said, “This case will be appealed, and we will ultimately win.” Carroll’s lawyer Roberta Kaplan said, “We are very happy,” as she left the courthouse with her client. Carroll did not speak to reporters.

The verdict is the latest legal blow against Trump, who leads early polls for the 2024 GOP nomination. In late March he was indicted by a Manhattan state Supreme Court grand jury on nearly three dozen counts of falsifying business records in connection with a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.


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