he s testifying for for the first time. he could not say, for instance, that he never assaulted e. jean carroll when another court of law established that he did. you stand by it, trump, 100% yes, habba, do you deny the allegations. trump, i consider it a false accusation, he said. judge kaplan, that answer is stricken from the record. habba, did you ever instruct anyone to hurt ms. carroll. trump, i just wanted to defend myself, my family, and frankly, the presidency. joining us now, msnbc legal analyst, she was inside that courtroom, lisa rubin. nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, and criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst, danny cevallos. that was the defense asking donald trump all of three questions, one of which was stricken. it then went to the prosecution. tell me what happened then. reporter: katy, first of all, those three questions, two of the answers were partially stricken. i heard yeses and noes to those questions before donald trump attempted
for you, a jury in new york finding donald trump, the republican presidential front runner, by far liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer, e. jean carroll. the jury also awarding the former magazine columnist nearly $5 million in damages to be paid by mr. trump. carol walked out of the manhattan courthouse just moments ago with her lawyer who said that they re quote, very happy with the jury s decision. carol s lawsuit stemmed from an encounter between her and trump in a new york department store dressing room in 1996. she claims donald trump sexually assaulted her. donald trump reacted on his social media platform, writing in all caps, quote, i have absolutely no idea who this woman is, this verdict is a disgrace, continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time, unquote. this all comes as trump is facing another very serious case in new york city, just last month the former president pleaded not guilty to 34 felony charges related to hush money payments to ad
breaking news. a new york jersey this afternoon, finding former president donald trump liable for sexual abuse and for defamation, and ordering him to pay nearly $5 million to writer e. jean carroll, who accuses trump of raping her in bergdorf goodman s department store in the mid 90s. here to discuss is the white house correspondent from bloomberg news, jordan phabian. jordan, co-wrote the original story, where donald trump denied having assaulted e. jean carroll and said, quote, she is not my type. of course, as we all know, sexual assault has nothing to do with the traction or type, it s about bullying and abuse. either way, jordan phabian wrote that in 2019. when he was with the hill. so, jordan, fabein phabian, you had a role here in this event, this major, historical event. what do you make of what happened? well, jake, it was stunning