harvey weinstein case. where donald trump was not charged in connection with these cases yet these women were allowed to come in, tell their story and establish there was a pattern there. the other key witnesses, her two friends. they were not just friends. they were respects, they are, respected, prominent journalists, author, writers in new york city. carol martin, one of the first female african american anchors on tv here in the 70s and 80s and lisa burnwell, a very well-known, legitimate writer. so in order, it wasn t just friends of hers saying yeah, she told me this. these were people who had some credibility. a lot of credibility. who the jury in case of carol martin, probably knew because they had seen her on tv growing
was crying on camera. about these words. and about this as the gop nominee. there was a crisis. a crisis. who are we going to get to run? we ve got to get donald trump out of there. donald trump did not go anywhere. he stayed and used his survivability of the access hollywood tape, used the survival as a bludgeon for republican lawmakers after to make them closer to him. they stood by him through thick and thin. during his time in office because they knew that he could survive what appeared to be the unsurvivable. voters agreed with him. it was just locker room talk. they didn t think it was that big of a deal and i wonder, vaughn, now, you ve interacted with a lot of voters. i don t know about a general election, but a primary, these voters in the gop primary have stood by so much with donald
trump and won t, what will they see this verdict as? a new york city jury coming to this verdict and donald trump maybe going out there and saying listen, clearly, the jury was confused because they said i didn t rape her. i think that s the heart of the question here going forward. i was talking to some young republican voters here who were standing by donald trump. i asked them about january 6th and each grimaced saying they didn t agree with it but want him back in the white house for a myriad of other reasons. took away from that was a conversation i had with an all lie of liz cheney. he went up in the air waves in new hampshire today with an attack ad warning about what is to come if donald trump is back in the oval office again because when you re talking about donald trump s character, for eight years, republican voters have answered the question. they have pushed aside these cases. whether it be january 6th or
back with the breaking news, donald trump has been found liable for sexual abuse and defamation. and e. jean carroll has been awarded $5 million in damages for both of those things. we saw e. jean carroll leave the courthouse a few minutes ago. she as you can see right there walked out holding the hands of her lawyers smiling, did not speak to reporters unless she spoke to the giant gaggle she had to pass through to get into her car, but she did not approach the microphones. joe tacopina has not said anything to the gathered press. we ll wait and see if he does. let s talk about, though, the other cases donald trump is currently facing because this is just one of many. and let s bring in the once again senior legal correspondent laura jarrett and nbc legal analyst joyce vance.
but let s play that deposition you were just mentioning where donald trump is asked about the access hollywood tape and here is his answer. and you say it again this is become very famous in this video. i just start kissing them. it s like a magnet. just kiss. i don t even wait. and when you re a star, they let you do it. you can do anything, grab them by the [ bleep ]. you can do anything. that s what you said, correct? historically, that s true with stars. that they can grab women by the [ bleep ]? if you look over the last million years, i guess that s been largely true, not always, but largely true. unfortunately or fortunately. you can consider yourself to be a star? i think you can say that, yeah. unfortunately or fortunately. that s what he said. and vaughn, i remember being on the campaign trial in 2016 when that access hollywood tape came